Clearing away pulmonary secretions.
Excess or retained pulmonary secretions impair ventilation, invite infection, and may threaten survival. Find out who's at greatest risk and how to keep airways clear.
Pruitt
Bill
B
Department of Cardiorespiratory Sciences, University of South Alabama, Mobile, USA.
Jacobs
Michael
M
D003371:Cough / Q000451:nursing; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing* / Q000503:physiopathology; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods; D013396:Suction / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing