ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Hypoxemia and pulmonary complications are common after
upper abdominal surgery (UAS). OBJECTIVE: To examine whether inclusion of autogenic …

AbstractBackground: Surgery has become an important part of global health care, estimated
to about 234 million patients operated yearly. Surgery and general anesthesia directly …

Background: Surgery has become an important part of global health care, estimated to about
234 million patients operated yearly. Surgery and general anesthesia directly affects the …

Respiratory physiotherapy is widely recommended to prevent postoperative pulmonary
complications (PPC); however, the evidence of which lung expansion technique is more …

Postoperative pulmonary complications play a significant role for the postoperative morbidity
after abdominal surgery. To prevent this, an array of methods, such as lung physiotherapy …

Background Pneumonectomy in the adult patient is associated with a mortality of 1–9%.
Death is often due to post pneumonectomy pulmonary oedema (PPPO). The use of …

Objective: To evaluate the immediate effects of positive expiratory pressure therapy on
oxygen saturation and ventilation after abdominal surgery. Background: Positive expiratory …

Objectives The authors investigated the effect of active work with positive airway pressure
(PAP) in addition to chest physiotherapy (CP) on pulmonary atelectasis (PA) in patients …

Introduction: Chronic bronchitis (CB) is a common but variable phenomenon in chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). It has numerous clinical consequences, including …

Objectives To examine the efficacy of respiratory physiotherapy for prevention of pulmonary
complications after abdominal surgery. Methods We searched in databases and …