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Drainage, Postural

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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.      Other names Respiratory Drainage, Postural; Postural Drainage, Pulmonary; Postural Drainage; Pulmonary Postural Drainage; Postural Respiratory Drainage; Drainage, Pulmonary Postural; Drainage, Postural Respiratory; Drainage, Respiratory, Postural

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