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Mucociliary Escalator: What is your airway clearance routine?
MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Oct 29, 2023 | Replies (50)Comment receiving replies
Wow! That sounds like a fantastic routine. The bridges make a big difference for me, too!!
Do you do clearance twice a day? Do you have access to a high frequency chest wall oscillation vest to try it out and see if it clears even more?
Best,
Linda
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It sounds like you’re so on top of it! Congratulations for all your hard work. I was doing clearance once a day and exercising until there was a little more progression of my CT scan and we then increased to twice a day. But if you work it is so difficult to fit it all in. Again, congrats!
Linda, do you know if a “high frequency chest wall oscillation vest” is another name for a”percussion vest? Don
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I was doing clearance twice a day until about 2 months ago. There was a discussion about whether once daily was sufficient. I still work as an clinic rn daily, so didn't fit in 2x very much except when I would catch a cold (not covid) or feel sinuses acting up. I'm only going to an id doctor now through Ochsner. (my pulmonologist np left and I haven't got a new one yet). The vest was never offered. I feel so much better with the 7% saline nebs (only started 4 months ago-was on 3% before for a year), and this new routine (on for 2 months). I no longer cough up sputum during the rest of the day or night. It is a game changer so far.