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Why do i need to take approximately 10 breaths on incentive spirometry while i am awake?
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Have you been: ill or had surgery recently? Incentive spirometry is done to prevent or decrease atelectasis. (Keep air moving and keep lungs healthy).
Answered 11/28/2017
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