Why the study?
Shortening mechanical ventilation and lowering sedatives can reduce complications, intensive care stay, and mortality, prompting interest in non-pharmacologic interventions like reflexology.
Does foot reflexology improve physiological indicators and mechanical ventilation weaning time in open-heart surgery patients?
Does foot reflexology improve physiological indicators and mechanical ventilation weaning time in open-heart surgery patients?
Foot reflexology may be an effective non-pharmacologic adjunct for stabilizing physiological indicators and decreasing ventilator dependence in patients undergoing open-heart surgery.
May shorten weaning time after open-heart surgery; hypothesis-generating and requires larger randomized confirmation before practice change.
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