Chest wall motion and pulmonary function are more diminished following cardiac surgery when the internal mammary artery retractor is used

Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 369-374

  Kristjánsdóttir, Ásdís ^a,c   Ragnarsdóttir, María ^a   Hannesson, Pétur ^a   Beck, Hans Jakob ^b   Torfason, Bjarni ^a  

^a LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^b Reykjalundur Rehabilitation Center   (Iceland)

^c Rehabilitation Department   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Chest motion; Median sternotomy; Pulmonary function

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING MECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM INJURY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG VOLUME; OPEN HEART SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; RETRACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; STERNOTOMY; STUDENT T TEST; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX INJURY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VITAL CAPACITY; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; AGED; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; STERNUM; THORACIC WALL; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 12344300160     PISSN: 14017431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14017430410016396     Document Type: Article

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