Efficacy of breathing and coughing exercises in the prevention of pulmonary complications after coronary artery surgery

Chest

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 741-747

  Stiller, K ^a   Montarello, J ^a   Wallace, M ^a   Daff, M ^a   Grant, R ^a   Jenkins, S ^a   Hall, B ^a   Yates, H ^a  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY; COUGHING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0028327628     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.105.3.741     Document Type: Article

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