A 59-year-old COPD patient comes to the hospital with upper abdominal surgery. The physician diagnoses the patient with pulmonary atelectasis. The patient has a vital capacity of 25 ml/kg. Which of the following lung expansion therapy will you recommend to assist this patient's ate-lectasis?

a. Incentive spirometry
b. IPPB
c. CPAP
d. EPAP

ANS: A

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