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January 23, 2014Clinical Rehabilitation182 citations

Prehabilitation program for elective coronary artery bypass graft surgery patients: a pilot randomized controlled study

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JSJo‐Ann V. SawatzkyDKD. Scott KehlerARA. Elizabeth Ready

Structured PICO

Does a prehabilitation program improve health status in patients waiting for elective CABG surgery?

P
Population
Patients waiting for elective coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery
I
Intervention
Prehabilitation (Prehab) program
O
Outcome
Feasibility and health status

A pilot RCT demonstrates the feasibility of a prehabilitation program for patients awaiting elective CABG surgery, paving the way for a larger efficacy trial.

Abstract

These data provide evidence for the feasibility of a Prehab intervention to improve the health status of patients waiting for elective CABG surgery. A larger trial of 92 patients will be utilized to demonstrate the safety and efficacy of Prehab.

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Sawatzky et al. (2014) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d909bf099cd0a57a9f55a5https://doi.org/10.1177/0269215513516475
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