Trial reportAnnals of Saudi medicine
The effect of preoperative chest physiotherapy on oxygenation and lung function in cardiac surgery patients: a randomized controlled study.
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The Effect of Preoperative Chest Physiotherapy on Oxygenation and Lung Functions Among Open Heart Surgery Patients
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- Effectiveness of Preoperative Chest Physiotherapy in Patients Undergoing Elective Cardiac Surgery, a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Pooled it
- Comparison of Effects of Liuzijue Exercise and Conventional Respiratory Training on Patients after Cardiac Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Chinese journal of integrative medicine · 2023Trial
- Comment on "The effect of preoperative chest physiotherapy on oxygenation and lung function in cardiac surgery patients: a randomized controlled study".Annals of Saudi medicineArticle
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Abstract
backgroundPostoperative pulmonary complications in patients who undergo open heart surgery are serious life-threatening conditions. Few studies have investigated the potentially beneficial effects of preoperative physiotherapy in patients undergoing cardiac surgery.
objectivesAssess the effects of preoperative chest physiotherapy on oxygenation and lung function in patients undergoing open heart surgery.
designRandomized, controlled.
settingUniversity hospital. PATIENTS AND
methodsPatients with planned open heart surgery were randomly allocated into an intervention group of patients who underwent a preoperative home chest physiotherapy program for one week in addition to the traditional postoperative program and a control group who underwent only the traditional postoperative program. Lung function was assessed daily from the day before surgery until the seventh postoperative day.
main outcome measuresDifferences in measures of respiratory function and oxygen saturation. Length of postoperative hospital stay was a secondary outcome. SAMPLE SIZE: 100 patients (46 in intervention group, 54 in control group).
resultsPostoperative improvements in lung function and oxygen saturation in the intervention group were statistically significant compared with the control group. The intervention group also had a statistically significant shorter hospital stay (
conclusionPreoperative chest physiotherapy is effective in improving respiratory function following open heart surgery. LIMITATIONS: Relatively small number of patients. CONFLICT OF INTEREST: None. REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT04665024).
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