Development and evaluation of physical properties of a low-cost handheld device for airway clearance therapy

• Main Authors: Cibele Cristine Berto Marques da Silva (Author), Alba Rebeca Nery Comin (Author), Paulo Hilario Nascimento Saldiva (Author), Milton de Arruda de Martins (Author), Celso Ricardo Fernandes de Carvalho (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo, 2019-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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ABSTRACT Several respiratory diseases are characterized by hypersecretion, requiring airway clearance therapy (ACT). Oral high-frequency oscillation (OHFO) devices are effective to enable daily ACT; however, they are still too expensive to become available for low-income patients. We sought to devel...