ReviewCureus2025
Effectiveness of Incentive Spirometry Versus Deep Breathing Exercises in Preventing Postoperative Pulmonary Complications After Abdominal Surgery: A Comprehensive Review.
Review in Cureus, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07343921 (Comparison of Lung Function in Post-CABG Patients Administered Supervised and Non-supervised Post-operative Incentive Spirometry), which is not on this map. Cited by 3 papers.
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Comparison of Lung Function in Post-CABG Patients Administered Supervised and Non-supervised Post-operative Incentive Spirometry: a Quasi-experimental Study
Who cites it
3 citing papers in PubMed.
- Comparison of the Feasibility of Respiratory Exercises in Postoperative Patients: An Intensive Care Study.Nursing in critical care · 2026Article
- Agreement and Reliability of a Digital Incentive Spirometer Compared with a Volume-Oriented Incentive Spirometry Device Across Different Age Groups.Biosensors · 2026Article
- Development of a radiomics-vision transformer fusion model based on chest CT for predicting adverse respiratory events during recovery in elderly hip fracture patients under general anesthesia.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
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3 authors.
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Abstract
This article review was conducted to evaluate the evidence of the use of an incentive spirometer (IS) versus deep breathing exercise (DBE) for the prevention of postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs) after abdominal surgeries (upper and lower abdominal surgeries). Searches were performed in the following databases: PubMed, Medline, Embase, Web of Science, and Scopus to select articles and randomized controlled trials in which IS and DBE were used in the pre- and/or postoperative period in order to prevent PPCs and/or recover lung function after abdominal surgeries. The review concludes that implementing DBE and IS in the perioperative care of patients undergoing abdominal surgery is effective in preventing PPCs and improving recovery of pulmonary function. These findings support the integration of these techniques into standard postoperative care protocols to enhance patient outcomes following surgery with further recommendations to enhance patient compliance with IS.
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