Which patient benefit least from use of incentive spirometry

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Problem: You are caring for 4 patients: a middle-aged male with history of smoking since high school; elderly female with type 2 DM; Middle-aged female with a history of chronic resp disease; and an adolescent female with atelectasis. Please answer the following: Which patient would benefit the least from the use of incentive spirometry? Why? Why is incentive spirometry indicated for the other patients?

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