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August 1, 1989ThoraxOpen Access

Physiotherapy after coronary artery surgery: are breathing exercises necessary?

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Why the study?

Does the addition of breathing exercises or incentive spirometry improve functional residual capacity or arterial blood gas tensions in men undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting?

Population

110 men undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting

Comparison

Breathing exercises or incentive spirometry… vs Early mobilization and self-supported huffing…

Design

RCT, prospective randomised study

Follow-up

5 days postoperative

Authors

SJS JenkinsSSS A SoutarJLJulia M. Loukota

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Overview

Breathing exercises and incentive spirometry add no benefit to early mobilization after uncomplicated CABG; challenges their routine inclusion in postoperative protocols.

Structured PICO

Does the addition of breathing exercises or incentive spirometry improve functional residual capacity or arterial blood gas tensions in men undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting?

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Population
110 men undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting
I
Intervention
Breathing exercises (n=35) or incentive spirometry (n=38) added to early mobilization and self-supported huffing and coughing
C
Comparator
Early mobilization and self-supported huffing and coughing alone (n=37)
O
Outcome
Functional residual capacity (FRC) measured daily until the fifth postoperative day and arterial blood gas tensions measured on the second and fourth postoperative dayssurrogate

The addition of breathing exercises or incentive spirometry to early mobilization and huffing/coughing provides no extra benefit for lung function after uncomplicated coronary artery bypass grafting.

Cite This Study

Jenkins et al. (1989) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7163e353da1ffdb507bbc5https://doi.org/10.1136/thx.44.8.634
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