Respiratory exercises...

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Has anyone heard of a respiratory treatment where a patient's nose is plugged and the patient breath's into a machine that forces them to take in a deep breath, but is passive on the exhale (Not cpap or bipap)?

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Specializes in med/surg, telemetry, IV therapy, mgmt.

it's called ippb for intermittent positive pressure breathing. it used to be done a lot before upa, unpressurized aerosol, treatments.

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