Open AccessIncentive spirometry to prevent pulmonary complications after chest trauma: a retrospective observational study
Author(s) -
Dote Hisashi,
Homma Yohichiro,
Sakuraya Masaaki,
Funakoshi Hiraku,
Tanaka Shigeru,
Atsumi Takahiro
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
acute medicine and surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2052-8817
DOI - 10.1002/ams2.619
Subject(s) - medicine , retrospective cohort study , odds ratio , hypoxemia , spirometry , confidence interval , respiratory failure , adverse effect , medical record , observational study , oxygen therapy , emergency medicine , asthma
Incentive spirometry early after chest trauma was not significantly associated with a lower incidence of pulmonary complications. No adverse events due to incentive spirometry were observed in patients with chest trauma. This study presents the first data on the effect of incentive spirometry on chest trauma with the risks of worsening respiratory failure.