Effects of chest physiotherapy by expiratory flow increase on secretion removal and lung mechanics in ventilated patients: a randomized crossover study

Intensive Care Med. 2016 Jun;42(6):1090-1. doi: 10.1007/s00134-016-4315-6. Epub 2016 Mar 31.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Randomized Controlled Trial

MeSH terms

  • Cross-Over Studies
  • Forced Expiratory Flow Rates / physiology*
  • Humans
  • Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated / therapy
  • Prospective Studies
  • Respiration, Artificial
  • Respiratory Mechanics / physiology*
  • Respiratory Therapy / methods*