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.
Department of Cardiorespiratory Sciences, University of South Alabama, Mobile, USA.
Bill
B
Pruitt
Michael
M
Jacobs
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