The primary purpose of incentive spirometry is to reduce the incidence of:
A. Pneumonia
B. Flail chest
C. Atelectasis
D. Pneumothorax
C
A, B, C, and D. Incentive spirometry is used to assist the client with deep breathing to reduce the incidence of pulmonary atelectasis.
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