Development of a novel device for monitoring incentive spirometry performance

• Main Authors: Aqilah Leela T. Narayanan, Muhammad Akmal Ayob, Norayati Nordin, Arief Ruhullah A. Harris, Eko Supriyanto
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2016
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9987/1/15%20Aqilah%20Leela.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9987/; http://www.ukm.my/jsm/english_journals/vol45num7_2016/contentsVol45num7_2016.html
• Institution: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Lung atelectasis caused by shallow breathing patterns is common after cardiac, thoracic and upper abdominal surgeries. A common method used to address this problem is to encourage patients to perform breathing exercises using incentive spirometers in the postoperative period. However, to be effectiv...