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Effects of Breathing Therapy with a Dead‐Space‐Resistance Device on Postcardiac Surgical Patients
Author(s) -
Takeda K.,
Shimada Y.,
Yoshiya I.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
acta anaesthesiologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 107
eISSN - 1399-6576
pISSN - 0001-5172
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-6576.1985.tb02266.x
Subject(s) - medicine , dead space , functional residual capacity , breathing , anesthesia , cardiology , surgery , mechanical ventilation , lung volumes , lung
The effects of a dead‐space‐resistance device (IDSEP breather) on PaO 2 , PaCO 2 and functional residual capacity (FRC) in 11 post‐cardiac surgical patients were studied. There were no significant changes in PaO 2 , PaCO 2 and FRC after the IDSEP therapy. Changes in PaO 2 between the pre‐ and post‐IDSEP therapy correlated well with changes in FRC (r = 0.797, P <0.01). Breathing therapy with the dead‐space‐resistance device appeared not to bring any benefit in early post‐cardiac surgical patients.