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... > Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services > Health Services > Patient Care > Continuity of Patient Care > Aftercare > Rehabilitation > Physical Therapy Modalities > Drainage, Postural
... > Therapeutics > Patient Care > Continuity of Patient Care > Aftercare > Rehabilitation > Physical Therapy Modalities > Drainage, Postural
... > Health Occupations > Health Services Administration > Patient Care Management > Comprehensive Health Care > Primary Health Care > Continuity of Patient Care > Aftercare > Rehabilitation > Physical Therapy Modalities > Drainage, Postural
... > Health Occupations > Medicine > Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine > Rehabilitation > Physical Therapy Modalities > Drainage, Postural
Therapeutics > Drainage > Drainage, Postural
Surgical Procedures, Operative > Drainage > Drainage, Postural
Therapeutics > Respiratory Therapy > Drainage, Postural

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Drainage, Postural  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Drainage, Postural Respiratory
  • Drainage, Pulmonary Postural
  • Drainage, Respiratory, Postural
  • Postural Drainage
  • Postural Drainage, Pulmonary
  • Postural Respiratory Drainage
  • Pulmonary Postural Drainage
  • Respiratory Drainage, Postural

Scope note

  • A rehabilitation therapy for removal of copious mucus secretion from the lung of patients with diseases such as CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; BRONCHIECTASIS; PULMONARY ABSCESS; or CYSTIC FIBROSIS. The patient's head is placed in a downward incline (so the TRACHEA is inferior to the affected area) for 15- to 20-minute sessions.

History note

  • 1990

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D015916

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