MeSH definition : A rehabilitation therapy for removal of copious mucus secretion from the lung of patients
with diseases such as CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; BRONCHIECTASIS; PULMONARY ABSCESS; or CYSTIC
FIBROSIS. The patient's head is placed in a downward incline (so the TRACHEA is inferior
to the affected area) for 15- to 20-minute sessions.;
A rehabilitation therapy for removal of copious mucus secretion from the lung of patients
with diseases such as CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; BRONCHIECTASIS; PULMONARY ABSCESS; or CYSTIC
FIBROSIS. The patient's head is placed in a downward incline (so the TRACHEA is inferior
to the affected area) for 15- to 20-minute sessions.