Effectiveness of incentive spirometry in patients Following thoracotomy and lung resection including those at high risk for developing pulmonary complications

Thorax

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 580-585

  Agostini, Paula ^a   Naidu, Babu ^b,c   Cieslik, Hayley ^a   Steyn, Richard ^c   Rajesh, Pala Babu ^c   Bishay, Ehab ^c   Kalkat, Maninder Singh ^c   Singh, Sally ^d  

^a BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREATHING EXERCISE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INCENTIVE SPIROMETRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG COMPLICATION; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SMOKING HABIT; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 84877633150     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2012-202785     Document Type: Article

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