Background Infectious respiratory diseases are transmitted to non-infected subjects when an
infected person expels pathogenic microorganisms to the surrounding environment when …

Background Several strategies and devices have been designed to protect health care
providers from acquiring transmissible respiratory diseases while providing care. In …

Clearance of intrapulmonary mucus by the high-velocity airflow generated by cough is the
major rescue clearance mechanism in subjects with mucoobstructive diseases and failed …

The tracheobronchial airways of the human lung are largely covered by a liquid lining of
mucus. The mucus is a viscoelastic secretion that serves as a barrier for entrapment of …

Mucus covers all wet epithelia and acts as a protective barrier. In the airways of the lungs,
the viscoelastic mucus meshwork entraps and clears inhaled materials and efficiently …

Airway mucus is a complex viscoelastic gel that provides a defensive physical barrier and
shields the airway epithelium by trapping inhaled foreign pathogens and facilitating their …

Under some conditions, such as inhalation injury, an array of longitudinal channels without
cilia may be formed on the epithelial surface, affecting mucus transport in the lung during …

Cough is one of the most common symptoms for seeking medical care (1, 2). If cough is
going to cause that much trouble, it better be worth it, and the clinical evidence is that indeed …

Cough is a defense mechanism for promoting airway hygiene when mucociliary clearance is
ineffective due to increased mucus secretion, inflammation, infection, or ciliary dysfunction …

Mucus secretion and mucociliary transport are essential defense mechanisms of the
airways. Deviations in mucus composition and secretion can impede mucociliary transport …