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adj. - Pertaining to the drawing in phase of breathing.

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  • For when a solution of continuity occurs in the lungs, the inspiratory and expiratory forces fail.
  • Fortunately in all save the rarest possible instances the apnoea yields and a deep inspiratory movement follows.
  • Portable chest X-ray, good inspiratory effort, the lungs are unremarkable with no infiltrates, effusion, or evidence of pneumothorax.
  • LifeLab Innovations has a number of respiratory products in its development pipeline and Professor McConnell was also the creator of the POWERbreathe® inspiratory muscle...
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