Cough assist vest Treatment Report
Most Popular Brands: CoughAssist Mechanical Insufflator-Exsufflator, Emerson, Respironics (Show all)
Generic Name: Cough assist vest
What is Cough assist vest?
A cough assist vest uses high frequency vibrations to create mini-coughs that dislodge mucus from the bronchial walls, increase mobilization, and move it along toward central airways.
Reasons used & Efficacy
| Reasons used | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
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| Other | 41 |
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4 | |||
| Ineffective cough | 37 |
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8 | ||
| General health | 16 |
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2 | |||
| disease-related symptoms | 10 | 0 | |||||
| Excess saliva | 10 |
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3 | |||
| Breathing difficulty | 9 |
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5 |
See all 131 patients currently using Cough assist vest
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Side Effects
Schedules
Top 10 dosages based on patients currently using Cough assist vest. See all 26 dosages ►
| 10minutes as needed | 15minutes as needed | 1 hr all the time (24/7) | 30minutes as needed | 5minutes as needed | as needed | daily | hours as needed | 0.25 hr daily | daily | 1 hr daily | 1 mcg daily | 1 min daily | 1 other daily | daily | 2 other daily | 3 other daily | daily | daily | daily | 10 min daily | 10 other daily | 20 min daily | 30 min daily | 40 min daily | 80 min daily | ||
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1
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47
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2
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1
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1
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1
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2
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2
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Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Did not seem to work
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6 | 55% |
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Other
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4 | 36% |
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Doctor's advice
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2 | 18% |
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Expense
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2 | 18% |
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Course of treatment ended
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2 | 18% |
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Personal research
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1 | 9% |
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Side effects too severe
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1 | 9% |
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Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
Patient Evaluations
See all 18 patient evaluations
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- jmlasorsa
- Sex: F
- Mouth/throat: moderate
- Arms: moderate
- Chest: mild
- Legs: moderate
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- jmlasorsa
- since Aug 18, 2008
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Efficacy
Can't tell
for General health
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Side Effects
Mild
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- silverage
- Sex: M
- Mouth/throat: mild
- Arms: severe
- Chest: moderate
- Legs: severe
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- silverage
- daily
- since Sep 10, 2008
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Efficacy
Major
for Breathing difficulty
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Side Effects
None
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- Bobby B
- Sex: M
- Mouth/throat: moderate
- Arms: severe
- Chest: mild
- Legs: severe
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- Bobby B
- as needed
- since Sep 14, 2008
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Efficacy
Major
for Ineffective cough
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Side Effects
None
- See full evaluation
See all 18 patient evaluations
Report created on November 22, 2009.