Manual hyperinflation: positive end-expiratory pressure to recruit or rapid release for clearance of airway secretions?

Heart Lung. 2011 May-Jun;40(3):270-1; author reply 271-2. doi: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2010.10.008.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Comparative Study
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Airway Obstruction / nursing*
  • Airway Obstruction / rehabilitation
  • Functional Residual Capacity*
  • Humans
  • Inhalation*
  • Physical Therapy Modalities / nursing*
  • Positive-Pressure Respiration / nursing*
  • Pulmonary Atelectasis / nursing*
  • Pulmonary Atelectasis / rehabilitation
  • Respiratory Mechanics*
  • Treatment Outcome