Indicators of Airway Secretion Weight in Mechanically Ventilated Subjects

• Published in: Respiratory care Vol. 64; no. 11; p. 1377
• Main Authors: Ntoumenopoulos, George, Berry, Marc P, Camporota, Luigi, Lam, Lawrence
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.11.2019
• Subjects: mechanical ventilation; computerized lung sound monitoring; physiotherapy; secretions; auscultation

Clinicians may use adventitious breath sounds on lung auscultation and a "sawtooth" pattern on the ventilator expiratory flow waveform as indicators of the need for chest physiotherapy for airway-secretion clearance in mechanically ventilated patients. This study seeks to identify potentia...