title: [Can lung function be improved by preoperative respiratory therapy before planned lung resection?].
abstract: The influence of an intensive preoperative physiotherapy on pulmonary function is studied in 23 patients suffering from bronchial carcinoma. Daily measurements reveal a significant improvement up to the third and fourth day after beginning of intense breathing exercises. Continued physiotherapy shows a decrease of pulmonary function in the following days. These results show that intensive breathing therapy does not produce any advantage after the third or fourth day.
authors.affiliation: Chirurgische Universitätsklinik und -poliklinik, Bonn.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Horch
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dannhäuser
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001945:Breathing Exercises; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000601:surgery; D002283:Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / Q000601:surgery*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008176:Lung Volume Measurements; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011300:Preoperative Care; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000517:prevention & control*
vernacular_title: Ist die Lungenfunktion durch präoperative Atemtherapie vor geplanter Lungenresektion zu verbessern?