Effects of breathing therapy with a dead-space-resistance device on post-cardiac surgical patients.
The effects of a dead-space-resistance device (IDSEP breather) on Pao2, Paco2 and functional residual capacity (FRC) in 11 post-cardiac surgical patients were studied. There were no significant changes in Pao2, Paco2 and FRC after the IDSEP therapy. Changes in Pao2 between the pre- and post-IDSEP therapy correlated well with changes in FRC (r = 0.797, P less than 0.01). Breathing therapy with the dead-space-resistance device appeared not to bring any benefit in early post-cardiac surgical patients.
D000328:Adult; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D005260:Female; D005652:Functional Residual Capacity; D006801:Humans; D007384:Intermittent Positive-Pressure Breathing / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011182:Postoperative Care
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