Indicators of Airway Secretion Weight in Mechanically Ventilated Subjects.

BACKGROUND: Clinicians may use adventitious breath sounds on lung auscultation and a "sawtooth" pattern on the ventilator expiratory flow waveform as indicators of the need for chest physiotherapy for airway-secretion clearance in mechanically ventilated patients. This study seeks to identify potent...

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Publicado en:Respiratory Care Vol. 64; no. 11; pp. 1377 - 1387
Autores principales: Ntoumenopoulos, George, Berry, Marc P., Camporota, Luigi, Lam, Lawrence
Formato: pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. Nov2019
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