• Minggui Chen, Rui-Xiang Zeng, Xuefei Liang, Xiyan Hu, Lili Kong, Jingjing Wang, Liheng Guo, Min-Zhou Zhang, and Xiaoxuan Zhang.
• Division of Chest Pain Center, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine & the 2nd Clinical College of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
• Medicine (Baltimore). 2018 Aug 1; 97 (34): e11854.

RationaleSeated-Baduanjin as adjuvant rehabilitation treatment in a patient with Dysfunctional ventilatory weaning response(DVWR) is extremely rare, and we report a case of a patient's rehabilitation exercise who suffered from DVWR.Patient ConcernsA 62-year-old patient was admitted for dyspnea for more than a month after surgery.DiagnosesOn arrival, the patient was conscious but anxious, and he had difficulty breathing. When attempting to disconnect the ventilator, the patient's autonomous respiration > 25 times /min, and the heart rate > 120 times /min. He had to rely on the ventilator to survive. According to the characteristics of the patient, we considered the patient with DVWR.InterventionsWe provided the same essential treatment as the last hospital and performed the Seated-Baduanjin for the patient which was a new form of bed exercise, 2 times a day, 30 minutes each time.OutcomesThe patient showed a gradual improvement in breathing and muscle strength.LessonsIn this case report, the Seated-Baduanjin showed a remarkable therapeutic effect on a patient and might be an adjuvant treatment for DVWR.

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