Respiratory therapy

Introduction: Respiratory therapy

Description of Respiratory therapy

Respiratory therapy: Exercises and treatments that help improve or restore lung function.
Source: National Institute of Health

Respiratory therapy: care of patients with deficiencies and abnormalities associated with the pulmonary system.
Source: CRISP

Respiratory therapy: 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.
Source: MeSH 2007

Respiratory therapy: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Respiratory therapy:

• Respiratory
• Respiratory symptoms (5166 causes)
• Respiratory disease
• Respiratory disorder (35 causes)
• Therapy
• Tract
• Bronchospasm (221 causes)
• System
• Breathing

Terms associated with Respiratory therapy:

Terms Similar to Respiratory therapy:

• Inhalation Therapy

Source - MeSH 2007

Related Topics

• Breathing Exercises

Source - MeSH 2007

More specific terms for Respiratory therapy:

• Oxygen Inhalation Therapy
• Respiration, Artificial
• Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
• Drainage, Postural
• Chest Wall Oscillation

Source - MeSH 2007

• artificial respiration
• high frequency ventilation
• oxygen therapy

Source - CRISP

Broader terms for Respiratory therapy

• therapy

Source - CRISP

The term Respiratory therapy can be used for:

• fluorocarbon respiratory assist
• inhalation therapy
• respiratory assist

Source: CRISP

Other terms that may be related to Respiratory therapy:

• inhalation drug administration
• respiratory disease /disorder therapy

Source: CRISP

The description of Respiratory therapy may also be used for the following terms:

• ex vivo respiration

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Respiratory therapy

The following list attempts to classify Respiratory therapy into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Therapeutics
  • Respiratory Therapy

Disease Ontology - OBO (Open Biomedical Ontologies)

• Physical therapy, respiratory therapy, rehabilitation, and related procedures
• MISCELLANEOUS DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURES
• PROCEDURES
• Disease Ontology V2.1 2005

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