Airway clearance techniques for cystic fibrosis: an overview of Cochrane systematic reviews
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Airway clearance techniques in cystic fibrosis.
Whilst the trials quoted in the Cochrane reviews [5–7] provide various degrees of quality of evidence, the key information that is missing from these studies is an understanding of the physiological principles by which these different techniques work. Physiologically, the techniques need to do the following. 1) Increase absolute peak expiratory flow (PEF) to move secretions towards the orophary...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1465-1858
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd011231.pub2