(in medicine) the expiration of air from the lungs or other body cavity, either manually or mechanically
Examples of 'exsufflation' in a sentence
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Respiratory system compliance was reduced after insufflation and improved after exsufflation of pneumoperitoneum.
Michal Stankiewicz-Rudnicki, Wojciech Gaszynski, Tomasz Gaszynski 2016, 'Assessment of Ventilation Distribution during Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery: An ElectricalImpedance Tomography Study', BioMed Research Internationalhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/7423162. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Secondly, with the deposition of secretion or an increase in the respiratory compliance, the peak exsufflation airflow may be reduced.
Yan Shi, Shuai Ren, Maolin Cai, Weiqing Xu 2014, 'Working Characteristics of a Mechanical Insufflation-Exsufflation Device', Mathematical Problems in Engineeringhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/830361. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)