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MeSH Heading: Drainage, Postural
Tree Number(s): E02.309.221; E02.779.358; E02.831.535.358; E02.880.150
Unique ID: D015916
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D015916
Scope Note: 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.
Entry Term(s): Drainage, Respiratory, Postural; Postural Drainage; Postural Drainage, Pulmonary; Respiratory Drainage, Postural
Previous Indexing: Drainage (1966-1989); Posture (1966-1989)
Public MeSH Note: 1990
History Note: 1990
Date Established: 1990/01/01
Date of Entry: 1989/05/15
Revision Date: 2016/05/31

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects (AE)

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mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

psychology (PX)

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veterinary (VE)

Concept UI: M0024355
Scope Note: 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.
Terms: Drainage, Postural Preferred Term
Term UI T047196
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID IOM (1990); Postural Drainage
Term UI T047195
Date04/14/1989
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID IOM (1990); Drainage, Respiratory, Postural
Term UI T047197
Date04/14/1989
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID IOM (1990); Respiratory Drainage, Postural
Term UI T047198
Date04/14/1989
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID IOM (1990); Postural Drainage, Pulmonary
Term UI T711151
Date12/14/2007
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2009)

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