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An evaluation of the incentive spirometer to improve lung function after cholecystectomy
Author(s) -
O'Connor M.,
Tattersall M. P.,
Carter J. A.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1988.tb05759.x
Subject(s) - medicine , spirometer , incentive , physical therapy , lung function , cholecystectomy , pulmonary function testing , surgery , general surgery , anesthesia , lung , exhaled nitric oxide , economics , microeconomics
Summary Forty patients who underwent elective cholecystectomy were allocated randomly to one of two groups. Patients in one group used an incentive spirometer as part of their postoperative chest physiotherapy; those in the other received routine postoperative physiotherapy as dictated by their needs. Each group contained equal numbers of smokers and nonsmokers, and the data from each group were analysed separately. The use of the incentive spirometer did not confer any benefits as judged by clinical evidence of pulmonary complications, pulmonary function tests or length of hospital stay.