Nursing Care Plan – Ineffective Airway Clearance r/t secretions in the bronchi
Definition
Inability to clear secretions or obstructions from the respiratory tract to maintain a clear airway.
Related Factors:
Environmental
- Smoking; second hand smoke; smoke inhalation
Obstructed Airway
- Retained Secretions
- Secretions in the Bronchi
- Exudate in the Alveoli
- Excessive Mucus
- Airway Spasm
- Foreign Body in Airway
- Presence of Artificial Airway
Physiological
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
- Asthma
- Allergic Airways
- Hyperplasia of the Bronchial Walls
- Neuromuscular Dysfunction
- Infection
NCP – Ineffective Airway Clearance r/t secretions in the bronchi
