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Are both flutter valve and nebulizer necessary?

MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Aug 11 7:17pm | Replies (29)
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The nebulizer helps to wet the airways down and liquefy mucus. An Aerobika or similar device opens the airways similar to blowing into a balloon. And then the vibration feature helps to shake the mucus off the airway walls. This combined approach to clearance makes it easier to get mucus out.

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Linda Esposito

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cwal | @cwal | Jul 26 5:40am


Linda, this video seems to indicate doing Autogenic breathing by only letting a small amount of your intake breath out before taking another breath in. The other videos I've seen only indicate to breathe out after each intake. This respiratory therapist did a good job with her presentation by actually performing the instructions and not just talking about them. Her instructions for autogenic breathing starts around 1:16:36 into the video. I'm not sure it makes any difference if the breaths are done the way she seems to be teaching it or not but I wonder why her method is the only one I've seen given the instructions this way.

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