Airway Clearance Techniques For Cystic Fibrosis Treatment
Airway Clearance Techniques and Airway Clearance Devices for Cystic Fibrosis Treatment
Cystic Fibrosis is an inherited chronic disease thief available for treatment of Cystic Fibrosis.
Anyone with Cystic Fibrosis (CF) knows how important airway clearance is on a constant and daily basis. There are many kinds of airway clearance techniques (ACT) for cystic fibrosis treatment. It is important that a person find what works for them and then fit it in their lifestyle.
USA guidelines for Respiratory Care recommend that ACTs start in the first few months of life and be performed regularly. In addition to postural drainage and percussion, there is a range of airway clearance devices for performing ACT that aid people requiring cystic fibrosis treatment.
ACTs move mucus from small airways of the lungs to the large, central airways to be coughed out. The right lung has three lobes: the upper, middle and lower lobes, while the left lung has two lobes: the upper and lower lobes.
Airway Clearance Devices apply percussion over the ribs to stimulate coughing. Airway Clearance Devices used for Cystic Fibrosis Treatment to clear secretion are particularly effective when they can be directed to the specific parts of the lungs requiring clearance.
Airway Clearance Devices for performing ACT to treat Cystic Fibrosis include those that cause vibrations for flutters in the lungs electrical and vests that use High Frequency Chest Wall Oscillation. A comparison of Med Systems' Electro Flo ® 5000 Airway Clearance Device demonstrates why it is superior to other methods of ACT for treating cystic fibrosis.
As an Airway Clearance Devices the Electro Flo® 5000 is a high-speed hand-held hammer that replaces manual percussion. Because it is controlled by the use, the Electro Flo® 5000 Airway Clearance Device with Force Multiplying Technology that provides 25 targeted settings allows power and frequency to be precisely directed to individual lobes of the lungs. Although it can deliver gentle tapping like the other Cystic Fibrosis treatment products, its range far exceeds that of other Cystic Fibrosis Therapy instruments.
In contrast, the vest as an airway clearance technique cannot focus on individual lobes. It vibrates over the entire chest wall with mushy air pulses sent over long hoses. Alternatively, massage tools, vibrators, oscillators, and fluttering devices cannot provide the smooth, deep, and fast pulses of the Electro Flo® 5000 Airway Clearance Device. The Electro Flo® 5000 Airway Clearance Device is more effective that a flutter device, massager, or vest, and less tiring than manual percussion.
For these reasons, the Electro Flo® 5000 Airway Clearance Device is considered by its users to be the best airway clearance technique available for Cystic Fibrosis Treatment.