Airway clearance therapy.The Frequenter [TM] provides airway clearance therapy and promotes bronchial drainage by inducing vibration in the chest walls while useing acoustics to generate frequencies between 20-100Hz, enough to reach a patient's lung resonant frequency. It becomes easier to liquefy liquefy /liq·ue·fy/ (lik´wi-fi) to become or cause to become liquid. mucus and clear airways. Treatment with the unit is indicated for patients having respiratory ailments that involve defective mucociliary clearance, as is typical in patients suffering from cysitc fibrosis, chronic bronchitis, bronchiectasis bronchiectasis Abnormal expansion of bronchi in the lungs. It usually results when preexisting lung disease causes bronchial inflammation and obstruction. Bronchial wall fibres degenerate, and bronchi become dilated or paralyzed, preventing removal of secretions, which , ciliary ciliary /cil·i·ary/ (sil´e-e?re) pertaining to or resembling cilia; used particularly in reference to certain eye structures, as the ciliary body or muscle. cil·i·ar·y adj. 1. dyskinesia syndromes, asthma, muscular dystrophy, neuromuscular degenerative disorders, post-operative atelectasis atelectasis or lung collapse Lack of expansion of pulmonary alveoli (see pulmonary alveolus). With a large-enough collapsed area, the victim stops breathing. and throacic wall defects. This device provides a gentler form of therapy than the traditional "clapping" method of postural drainage therapy, allowing it to be used on patients who cannot be treated by clapping. Circle Card #62 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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