Respiratory Therapy

"Respiratory Therapy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Care of patients with deficiencies and abnormalities associated with the cardiopulmonary system. It includes the therapeutic use of medical gases and their administrative apparatus, environmental control systems, humidification, aerosols, ventilatory support, bronchopulmonary drainage and exercise, respiratory rehabilitation, assistance with cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and maintenance of natural, artificial, and mechanical airways.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Respiratory Therapy" by people in this website by year, and whether "Respiratory Therapy" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 18 publications over 10 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2009 and 2016
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