… Chronic bronchitis is a disease of the bronchi that is manifested by cough and sputum …
The use of bronchopulmonary hygiene physical therapy for chronic bronchitis recently has …

… To improve the chances of CASS positivity, we recruited patients with a high sputum bacillary
load (at least smear grade 2+ positive or Xpert semiquantitation level ‘medium’), who had …

… in patients undergoing sputum induction for the assessment of airway inflammation; the airway
constriction caused by sputum … The hygiene and sterility of the equipment must be in line …

… in sputum colour, sputum volume and Leicester cough questionnaire … for cough hypersensitivity
syndrome to support those patients … cough despite effective bronchopulmonary hygiene. …

… to generate adequate flow for efficacious coughing. (4) Those methods are very important,
principally in terms of the scientific validation of bronchial hygiene techniques or the use of …

… sputum in patients with acute cough and a bacterial aetiology. . The findings imply that the
colour of sputum … The colour of sputum should not be used to make a decision on whether to …

… on cough etiquettes or respiratory hygiene, sputum disposal in lab/home/community etc. The
patients … control practices like cough etiquette, respiratory hygiene and sputum disposal etc. …

… in the sputum of patients with chronic cough and … in patients with chronic cough (99). These
therapies include education about cough and cough control techniques, laryngeal hygiene, …

… deep cough to bring up sputum from your lungs) was then demonstrated. Finally, patients
were … After these instructions, which lasted about 2 min, patients in the intervention group were …

Background Clinicians need to decide whether to begin empiric therapy for patients who
are suspected of having tuberculosis (TB) but have negative sputum smear results. Culture …