The phrase "chest excursion" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used in medical or scientific contexts to refer to the movement or expansion of the chest cavity during breathing. Example: During the physical examination, the doctor observed decreased chest excursion, indicating potential respiratory issues.
The chest was visually inspected for chest movement, and the PIP was titrated to the minimum PIP needed to ensure adequate chest excursion.
The deep nasal tube and relatively leak-free experimental setup meant that the nasal positive pressure inflations regularly resulted in appreciable chest excursion, in contrast to what is often seen in human infants [19].
Successful intubation was defined as correct placement of the ETT in the trachea as confirmed by an end-tidal CO2 capnometry, pulse oximetry, chest auscultation, observation of chest excursion, absence of epigastric sounds and misting of the ETT.
Correct insertion of the LMA-S was defined as efficient ventilation of the patient with normal chest excursions and bilateral breath sounds by auscultation.
In addition, nurses tend to rely on subjective observations for oxygen titration, such as skin colour and chest excursions, as well as PO and blood gases [ 35].
Respiratory rate (RR) was determined by observing chest excursions in standing horses and movement of the anesthetic machine ventilatory bellows during anesthesia.
After delivery, following a short period of bag-mask ventilation with apparently appropriate chest excursions, oro-tracheal intubation was performed without difficulty by a senior neonatologist.
When no chest excursions were visible despite high inspiratory pressures, endotracheal tube malposition was assumed and bag-mask ventilation was restarted.
Because chest excursions were noted during bag-mask ventilation, but absent when ventilation was attempted through an endotracheal tube, tracheal agenesis with oesophago-tracheal fistula was suspected.
Additionally, some claim that ongoing inflammatory processes in the thoracic joints may explain limitations of chest excursions, by causing pain and stiffness, and thus contributing to reduced pulmonary function [ 5, 9, 11].
Added to the CO2 pneumoperitoneum that is created, this positioning invariably restricts diaphragmatic and chest wall excursion, which can adversely affect respiratory gas exchange.
