Physiologic evidence for the efficacy of positive expiratory pressure as an airway clearance technique in patients with cystic fibrosis.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Individuals with cystic fibrosis (CF) have large amounts of infected mucus in their lungs, which causes irreversible lung tissue damage. Although patient-administered positive expiratory pressure (PEP) breathing has been promoted as an effective therapeutic modality for remov...

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Publicado en:Physical Therapy Vol. 84; no. 6; pp. 524 - 538
Autores principales: Darbee JC, Ohtake PJ, Grant BJB, Cerny FJ
Formato: pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Oxford University Press / USA Jun2004
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