Background Early mobilisation is prescribed after cardiac surgery to prevent postoperative
complications, decrease length of hospital stay, and augment return to daily activities …

Background Incentive spirometry (IS) is a treatment technique that uses a mechanical device
to reduce pulmonary complications during postoperative care. This is an update of a …

We searched the MEDLINE, CINAHL, and Cochrane Library databases for articles
published between January 1995 and April 2011. The update of this clinical practice …

Introduction: Cardiac surgery is a highly complex procedure which generates worsening of
lung function and decreased inspiratory muscle strength. The inspiratory muscle training …

Purpose: Patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery typically
experience loss of cardiopulmonary capacity in the post-operative period. The purpose of …

Background An incentive spirometer (IS) is a mechanical device that promotes lung
expansion. It is commonly used to prevent postoperative lung atelectasis and decrease …

Objective: In addition to early mobilisation, a variety of breathing exercises are used to
prevent postoperative pulmonary complications after cardiac surgery. The optimal duration …

Background Although the use of incentive spirometry with a deep breathing exercise (DBE)
is widely used in clinical practice in patients who have undergone coronary artery bypass …

Questions What is the effect of preoperative respiratory muscle training (RMT) on the
incidence of postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs) after open cardiac surgery …

As doenças cardiovasculares estão entre as principais causas de morte no mundo
desenvolvido, e sua ocorrência tem aumentado de forma epidêmica nos países em …