Treatment consists of humidified oxygen, bronchodilators, suction, endotracheal tube and chest physiotherapy.
Methods used for pulmonary hygiene include suctioning of the airways, chest physiotherapy, blow bottles, and nasotracheal suction.
The most common treatment of atelectasis in the hospital setting is manual chest physiotherapy though there is limited evidence of its efficacy.
The utility of chest physiotherapy in pneumonia has not yet been determined.
He is renowned for finding innovative treatment solutions such as "Tickle Therapy" which is now used as an effective form of chest physiotherapy for young children.
Due the underlying conditions that the flail segment has caused onto the respiratory system, chest physiotherapy is important to reduce further complications.
Respiratory treatments (chest physiotherapy, intermittent positive pressure breathing inhalers, or nebulizer treatments).
Chest infections: Antibiotics and chest physiotherapy when appropriate.
If you are using several respiratory medications, the recommended order is bronchodilator first, followed by chest physiotherapy, then other inhaled medications, followed by tobramycin.
This includes the prolonged usage of antibiotics to prevent detrimental infections, as well as eliminating accumulated fluid with postural drainage and chest physiotherapy.