Postural Drainage

A rehabilitation therapy for removal of copious mucus secretion from the lung of patients with diseases such as CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; BRONCHIECTASIS; PULMONARY ABSCESS; or CYSTIC FIBROSIS. The patient's head is placed in a downward incline (so the TRACHEA is inferior to the affected area) for 15- to 20-minute sessions.

Also Known As:

Drainage, Postural; Drainage, Respiratory, Postural; Drainage, Postural Respiratory; Drainage, Pulmonary Postural; Postural Respiratory Drainage; Pulmonary Postural Drainage; Postural Drainage, Pulmonary; Respiratory Drainage, Postural

Therapeutics: 1190486
- Physical Therapy Modalities: 8951
  - Postural Drainage: 165
- Respiratory Therapy: 1108
  - Postural Drainage: 165
- Rehabilitation: 366
  - Physical Therapy Modalities: 8951
    - Postural Drainage: 165
- Drainage
  - Postural Drainage: 165

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