What is a flutter valve for bronchiectasis?

How Does AirPhysio Help Asthma? By using the AirPhysio device to clean the airway and condition the lungs, this will assist in the maintenance of Asthma .

How does the cough assist machine work? The cough assist machine includes a mask, mouthpiece or tracheostomy adaptor that is applied to the airway. As your child breathes in, the machine blows air into the lungs slowly. After a short pause, the machine quickly pulls the air out, along with any mucus, much like a cough.

The flutter is a simple and small device shaped like a pipe that creates a positive expiratory pressure (PEP) and high frequency oscillation when the expired air passes through it . These vibrations are thought to mobilise airway secretions facilitating their clearance and improving breathing.16 Nis 2013

The Flutter device works by the patient exhaling into the device, this causes the ball-bearing inside the casing to vibrate. The vibrations travel back into the lungs, these vibrations loosen the mucus in the airways. Gentle coughing then removes the mucus.

The flutter valve combines high-frequency oscillation and positive expiratory pressure to facilitate the removal of secretions . We evaluated the effects of the flutter valve on sputum inflammation, microbiology, and transport of respiratory secretions in patients with bronchiectasis.