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Research Article28th Annual New Horizons Symposium: The Scientific Basis for Respiratory Care

Airway Clearance Therapy: Finding the Evidence

Teresa A Volsko
Respiratory Care October 2013, 58 (10) 1669-1678; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4187/respcare.02590
Teresa A Volsko
Department of Respiratory Care, Akron Children's Hospital, Akron, Ohio.
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    Physiological factors that reduce the efficacy of mucociliary escalator function.

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    A hierarchical structure for classifying pre-appraised evidence, which can be used to evaluate the resources available to clinicians interested in appraising airway clearance research. (From reference 40, with permission.)

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    Respiratory therapist driven algorithm to guide airway clearance use. OPEP = oscillatory positive expiratory pressure.

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    An example of an integrated system for storing health information, guiding and evaluating clinical care.

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