Open AccessEffectiveness of Acapella along with institutional based chest physiotherapy techniques on pulmonary functions and airway clearance in post-operative CABG patients
Author(s) -
Bhagyashree Jage,
Anuprita Thakur
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
hong kong physiotherapy journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.343
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 1876-441X
pISSN - 1013-7025
DOI - 10.1142/s101370252250007x
Subject(s) - medicine , chest physiotherapy , airway , physical therapy , anesthesia , cardiology
Patients undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) surgery often develop pulmonary complications in the early post-operative period as result of decreased lung function and impaired cough. Conventional physiotherapy in early post-operative period aims at increasing lung volumes and airway clearance.