Use of a lung model to assess mechanical in-exsufflator therapy in infants with tracheostomy

Background The mechanical in‐exsufflator (MIE) is commonly used to augment cough in patients with neuromuscular disease from infancy to adulthood. Little is known about the alveolar pressures, lung volumes, and expiratory flow rates generated by the MIE when used via tracheostomy tube in infants and...

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