The following postural drainage positions are shown for a pediatric patient. Which of the diagrams demonstrates the postural drainage position for draining the posterior subsegment of the apical-posterior segment of the left upper lobe?

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The following postural drainage positions are shown for a pediatric patient.  Which of the diagrams demonstrates the postural drainage position for draining the posterior subsegment of the apical-posterior segment of the left upper lobe?

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What is shown here (and in Figure 12-4A in the textbook) is the apical segment of the right upper lobe and the apical subsegment of the apical-posterior segment of the left upper lobe; choice B (see Figure 12-4B in the textbook) shows the posterior segment of the right upper lobe and the posterior subsegment of the apical-posterior segments of the left upper lobe; choice C (see Figure 12-4C in the textbook) shows the anterior segments of the right and left upper lobes; and choice D (see Figure 12-4D in the textbook) shows the superior segments of both lower lobes.

The Following Postural Drainage Positions Are Shown for a Pediatric