The Acapella® airway clearance device is a technique to help mobilize mucus from the airways. The Acapella DM is blue. The Acapella DH is green . Assure proper setting of the dial on the end of the Acapella.
Read moreWhich acapella device is best?
Acapella green seems to be the best device when patients are able to sustain a minimal expiratory pressure of 11 cm H2O with a flow of 30 L/min for at least 3 s. The Acapella blue device may be optimal for weaker patients who are able to generate expiratory pressures of 8–10 cm H2O at flows of only 12 L/min.
Read moreWhat is oscillating positive expiratory pressure Opep?
Oscillatory positive expiratory pressure (OPEP) devices have been utilized as an adjunct therapy to conventional chest physiotherapy (CPT) to promote the clearance of respiratory secretions in individuals with impaired ability to cough, particularly in chronic diseases .
Read moreWhat is bubble PEP?
Bubble PEP is a treatment to help children at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) who have a build up of phlegm (secretions) in their lungs . Bubble PEP is used for any child who has difficulty clearing phlegm, most commonly those who have cystic fibrosis (CF) or after surgery.
Read moreHow do you use an acapella respiratory device?
How to Use the Acapella
Read moreWhy are expiratory pressures positive?
Positive expiratory pressure (PEP) devices provide back pressure to the airways during expiration. This may improve clearance by building up gas behind mucus via collateral ventilation and by temporarily increasing functional residual capacity .27 Kas 2019
Read moreWhat is positive expiratory pressure therapy?
A positive expiratory pressure (PEP) breathing device (such as the Acapella®) uses inhalation and exhalation to keep your lungs healthy . Also, when blowing the air out of your lungs or exhaling, the PEP device provides vibrations you will feel in the airways of your lungs. Learning to use the PEP device is easy.
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