In Sweden, deep breathing exercises with or without a positive expiratory pressure device are routinely prescribed hourly during the initial post-operative days after cardiac surgery, though discharge instructions vary.
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Maps Swedish post-cardiac surgery physiotherapy practices; leaves open optimal technique identification and standardization.
Westerdahl et al. (2015) studied this question.
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