Incentive spirometry does not enhance recovery after thoracic surgery

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 679-683

  Gosselink, Rik ^a   Schrever, Katleen ^a   Cops, Philippe ^a   Witvrouwen, Hilde ^a   De Leyn, Paul ^a   Troosters, Thierry ^a   Lerut, Antoon ^a   Deneffe, Georges ^a   Decramer, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Breathing exercises; Esophagectomy; Incentive spirometry; Lung surgery; Physiotherapy; Postoperative; Pulmonary complications; Pulmonary function; Respiration; Thoracic surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING EXERCISE; COUGHING; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEUKOCYTE; LOBECTOMY; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROMETRY; SURGICAL APPROACH; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX SURGERY;

EID: 0034071951     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200003000-00013     Document Type: Article

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