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Positive Expiratory Pressure Therapy
Positive Expiratory Pressure Therapy
Positive Expiratory Pressure Therapy
one of the 3 adjuncts of positive airway pressure (PEP, CPAP, and EPAP).
A subsequent huff or FET maneuver allows the patient to generate the flows
needed to expel mucus from blocked airways
Aerosol drug therapy may be added to PEP therapy through an in-line hand-held
nebulizer or MDI
PEP is achieved by having the patient exhale through a mask or mouthpiece with
a resistance valve which creates a back pressure into the patients airway.
Flutter Valve
TheraPEP
Acapella
Oscillation
-refers to the vibratory movement of small volumes of air back and forth the
respiratory tract
1. Chestwall application
Small gas volumes are alternately injected into and withdrawn from the vest
by air-pulse generator at a fast-rate creating an oscillatory motion against the
patients thorax
Frequencies between 5 Hz to 25 Hz
Flutter Valve
Acapella
o 3 Models: