Secretion management in mechanically ventilated patients is a paramount task for clinicians.
A better understanding of the mechanisms of flow bias and airway dynamic compression …

The provision of mechanical insufflation-exsufflation (MI-E) devices to enhance cough
efficacy is increasing. Typically, MI-E devices are used to augment cough in patients with …

La pandemia por el SARS-Cov-2 ha impactado negativamente en la aplicación de las
recomendaciones de Neumonía Zero y se ha acompañado de un incremento de las tasas …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a progressive lung condition that affects a
person's ability to exercise and undertake normal physical function due to breathlessness …

BACKGROUND: Mechanical insufflation-exsufflation (MI-E) is a noninvasive technique
performed to simulate cough and remove sputum from proximal airways. To date, the effects …

Mechanical insufflation-exsufflation (MI-E) is traditionally used in the neuromuscular
population. There is growing interest of MI-E use in invasively ventilated critically ill adults …

The use of airway clearance strategies as supplementary treatment in respiratory disease
has been best investigated in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) and non-cystic fibrosis …

This study evaluated the ventilatory and haemodynamic effects of the mechanical insufflator-
exsufflator (MI-E) in critically ill patients. Sixteen mechanically ventilated patients performed …

Physiotherapists are integral members of the multidisciplinary team managing critically ill
adult patients. However, the scope and role of physiotherapists vary widely internationally …

BACKGROUND: Mechanical insufflation-exsufflation (MI-E) has been proposed as a
potential strategy to generate high expiratory flows and simulate cough in the critically ill …