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pulmonary toilet

pulmonary toilet noun: the cleaning of secretions from the airways of a person (as part of pulmonary hygiene).

Noun

pulmonary toilet (usually uncountable, plural pulmonary toilets)

  1. (usually) The cleaning of secretions from the airways of a person (as part of pulmonary hygiene).
    • Is the patient alert enough to protect his or her airway and participate in pulmonary toilet? Does the patient have a cough effective enough to clear secretions. and are the secretions neither copious nor tenacious?1999, Gerald S. Davis, Elizabeth A. Seward, Theodore W. Marcy, editors, Medical management of pulmonary diseases, →ISBN, page 424
    • Finally, perfluorocarbon may aid in pulmonary toilet and decrease infection rates.2002, E. Edward Bittar, editor, Pulmonary biology in health and disease, →ISBN, page 358

Examples of pulmonary toilet in a sentence

  • Adequate analgesia is paramount and allows aggressive pulmonary toilet and early mobilization.2010, Paige M. Porrett, John R. Frederick, Robert E. Roses, Larry R. Kaiser, editors, The Surgical Review: An Integrated Basic and Clinical...
  • Excellent pulmonary toilet is the cornerstone of care for the inhalational injury; […]2011, George C. Velmahos, Elias Degiannis, Dietrich Doll, editors, Penetrating Trauma: A Practical Guide on Operative Technique and...

Forms of pulmonary toilet

pluralpulmonary toilets

Questions about pulmonary toilet

What does pulmonary toilet mean?
Pulmonary toilet means the cleaning of secretions from the airways of a person (as part of pulmonary hygiene).
How do you use pulmonary toilet in a sentence?
Adequate analgesia is paramount and allows aggressive pulmonary toilet and early mobilization.
What part of speech is pulmonary toilet?
Pulmonary toilet is a noun.
What is the plural of pulmonary toilet?
The plural of pulmonary toilet is pulmonary toilets.

Words near pulmonary toilet in the dictionary

  1. pulmonary function tests
  2. pulmonary oedema
  3. pulmonary oedemas
  4. pulmonary pleura
  5. pulmonary thromboendarterectomy
  6. pulmonary toilet
  7. pulmonary toilets
  8. pulmonary trunk
  9. pulmonary trunks
  10. pulmonary tuberculosis
  11. pulmonary valve

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