Incentive spirometry prescription and inspiratorycapacity recovery guideline for early period after open heart surgery

• Main Author: Narayanan, Leela T.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: QH Natural history
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/79344/1/LeelaTNarayananPFBME2018.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/79344/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Incentive spirometry (IS) is often used as lung expansion therapy for increasing postoperative IS inspiratory capacity (ISIC) in open heart surgery (OHS) patients. However, currently there is a lack of guidelines and prescription on how this therapy should be administered for these patients. Althoug...