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Is there any risks of using an incentive spirometer to improve the lung function on a regular basis? few times every day?
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No particular risks: I cannot conceive any risks for using your own incentive spirometry on a regular basis. It just coaches you to take deep and full breaths to help minimize the risk of atelectasis.
Answered 3/19/2014
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