Adding positive airway pressure to mobilisation and respiratory techniques hastens pleural drainage: a randomised trial

Questions: In patients with a collection of fluid in the pleural space, do mobilisation and respiratory techniques: shorten the drainage period and length of hospital stay; improve respiratory function and oxygenation; and prevent pulmonary complications? Does the addition of positive airway pressur...

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Main Authors: Elinaldo da Conceição dos Santos, Juliana de Souza da Silva, Marcus Titus Trindade de Assis Filho, Marcela Brito Vidal, Moisés de Castro Monte, Adriana Cláudia Lunardi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-01-01
Series:Journal of Physiotherapy
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1836955319301262