Research ArticleAARC Clinical Practice Guideline

Incentive Spirometry: 2011

Ruben D Restrepo, Richard Wettstein, Leo Wittnebel and Michael Tracy
Respiratory Care October 2011, 56 (10) 1600-1604; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4187/respcare.01471

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