The device that will prevent early airway closure is:

a. incentive spirometry.
b. intermittent positive-pressure breathing.
c. flutter valve therapy.
d. high-frequency chest wall oscillation.


ANS: C
The steel ball of the flutter valve or the counterweighted plug and magnet help to prevent early airway closure.

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