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Pediatrics II

It is important to teach the parents of a child with asthma about the disease and its long-term management. Teaching the child a play technique such as blowing cotton balls or ping pong balls across a table is good for him. Which is the best explanation for this play technique?

ExplanationBlowing will extend the expiratory phase of respiration and help the child with asthma exhale more completely. Blowing ping pong balls is exhalation, not inhalation. It does not develop accessory muscles of respiration.