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ineffective Airway Clearance<br />

Taxonomy II: Safety/Protection—Class 2 Physical Injury<br />

(00031)<br />

[Diagnostic Division: Respiration]<br />

Submitted 1980; Revised 1996, and Nursing Diagnosis<br />

Extension and Classification (NDEC) 1998<br />

Definition: Inability to clear secretions or obstructions<br />

from the respiratory tract to maintain a clear<br />

airway<br />

Related Factors<br />

ENVIRONMENTAL<br />

Smoking; second-hand smoke; smoke inhalation<br />

OBSTRUCTED AIRWAY<br />

Retained secretions; secretions in the bronchi; exudate in the<br />

alveoli; excessive mucus; airway spasm; foreign body in airway;<br />

presence of artificial airway<br />

PHYSIOLOGICAL<br />

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [COPD]; asthma;<br />

allergic airways; hyperplasia of the bronchial walls<br />

Neuromuscular dysfunction<br />

Infection<br />

Defining Characteristics<br />

SUBJECTIVE<br />

Dyspnea<br />

OBJECTIVE<br />

Diminished/adventitious breath sounds [rales, crackles, rhonchi,<br />

wheezes]<br />

Cough ineffective/absent; excessive sputum<br />

Changes in respiratory rate/rhythm<br />

Difficulty vocalizing<br />

Wide-eyed; restlessness<br />

Orthopnea<br />

Cyanosis<br />

Information in brackets added by the authors to clarify and enhance<br />

the use of nursing diagnoses.<br />

Diagnostic Studies Pediatric/Geriatric/Lifespan Medications 77<br />

ineffective AIRWAY CLEARANCE

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