The role of prophylactic chest physiotherapy after cardiac valvular surgery: Is there one ?
A study was conducted to investigate whether there is a role for prophylactic chest physiotherapy in preventing pulmonary complications in-patients undergoing uncomplicated cardiac valvular surgery. 'Thirty patients were randomly divided into two groups. The patients in group I (n = 14) receive...
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| description | A study was conducted to investigate whether there is a role for prophylactic chest physiotherapy in preventing pulmonary complications in-patients undergoing uncomplicated cardiac valvular surgery. 'Thirty patients were randomly divided into two groups. The patients in group I (n = 14) received instructions that they should cough after their operation and that they should get out of bed on the second post-operative day. The patients in group 2 (n = 16) were seen pre-operatively and treated post-operatively by a physiotherapist. The treatment consisted of breathing exercises, supported coughing and assistance with walking from the second post-operative day. These patients were seen twice daily on the first and second post-operative days and once daily on the third and fourth post-operative days. No patients in either group developed a pulmonary complication during their post-operative hospital stay. The incidence of hypoxaemia, chest X-ray abnormalities and length of post-operative stay were not significantly higher for the control group. The findings of this study suggest that the role of prophylactic chest physiotherapy following cardiac valvular surgery is questionable. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-36ad450fce0140cea00cc224f9e1a6082022-12-22T00:20:51ZengAOSISSouth African Journal of Physiotherapy0379-61752410-82192000-08-01563242810.4102/sajp.v56i3.539407The role of prophylactic chest physiotherapy after cardiac valvular surgery: Is there one ?S. B. de Charmoy0C. J. Eales1Department of Physiotherapy, University of the WitwatersrandUniversity of WitwatersrandA study was conducted to investigate whether there is a role for prophylactic chest physiotherapy in preventing pulmonary complications in-patients undergoing uncomplicated cardiac valvular surgery. 'Thirty patients were randomly divided into two groups. The patients in group I (n = 14) received instructions that they should cough after their operation and that they should get out of bed on the second post-operative day. The patients in group 2 (n = 16) were seen pre-operatively and treated post-operatively by a physiotherapist. The treatment consisted of breathing exercises, supported coughing and assistance with walking from the second post-operative day. These patients were seen twice daily on the first and second post-operative days and once daily on the third and fourth post-operative days. No patients in either group developed a pulmonary complication during their post-operative hospital stay. The incidence of hypoxaemia, chest X-ray abnormalities and length of post-operative stay were not significantly higher for the control group. The findings of this study suggest that the role of prophylactic chest physiotherapy following cardiac valvular surgery is questionable.https://sajp.co.za/index.php/sajp/article/view/539physical therapyphysiotherapybreathing exercisesopen heart surgery |
| spellingShingle | S. B. de Charmoy C. J. Eales The role of prophylactic chest physiotherapy after cardiac valvular surgery: Is there one ? South African Journal of Physiotherapy physical therapy physiotherapy breathing exercises open heart surgery |
| title | The role of prophylactic chest physiotherapy after cardiac valvular surgery: Is there one ? |
| title_full | The role of prophylactic chest physiotherapy after cardiac valvular surgery: Is there one ? |
| title_fullStr | The role of prophylactic chest physiotherapy after cardiac valvular surgery: Is there one ? |
| title_full_unstemmed | The role of prophylactic chest physiotherapy after cardiac valvular surgery: Is there one ? |
| title_short | The role of prophylactic chest physiotherapy after cardiac valvular surgery: Is there one ? |
| title_sort | role of prophylactic chest physiotherapy after cardiac valvular surgery is there one |
| topic | physical therapy physiotherapy breathing exercises open heart surgery |
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