Mucus plugging with focal collapse
Educational use only. Not clinically reviewed59-year-old woman for Bronchiectasis mucus-plugging and focal-collapse reassessment. About 9 simulated minutes.
What you will practise
- Reconcile the authored baseline, secretion-clearance change, current breathing, perfusion, cough, and focal examination claims.
- Review the fixed radiograph and CT pattern while keeping infection, blood, aspiration, foreign body, and occult obstruction open.
- Record experienced respiratory-physiotherapy review and a supported, individualized airway-clearance trial.
- After elapsed time, review the authored whole-patient, cough, secretion, oxygenation, and focal response.
- Escalate persistent focal collapse and unresolved cause for experienced respiratory and airway-capable evaluation.
- After elapsed time, hand off response, residual collapse, open causes, deterioration triggers, pending work, and named owners.
Review and sources
Not clinically reviewed. No clinician has signed this scenario.
- Chalmers JD, et al. European Respiratory Society clinical practice guideline for the management of adult bronchiectasis. Eur Respir J. 2025;66:2501126.
- Herrero-Cortina B, Lee AL, Oliveira A, et al. European Respiratory Society statement on airway clearance techniques in adults with bronchiectasis. Eur Respir J. 2023;62:2202053.
- Hill AT, Sullivan AL, Chalmers JD, et al. British Thoracic Society guideline for bronchiectasis in adults. Thorax. 2019;74(Suppl 1):1-69.
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