-
J Am Osteopath Assoc · Aug 1993
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical TrialComparison of thoracic manipulation with incentive spirometry in preventing postoperative atelectasis.
- S L Sleszynski and A F Kelso.
- Department of Surgery, Chicago-College of Osteopathic Medicine of Midwestern University (CCOM), Ill.
- J Am Osteopath Assoc. 1993 Aug 1;93(8):834-8, 843-5.
AbstractAtelectasis is a preventable complication that often occurs after upper abdominal surgery. In our 1-year randomized, researcher-blinded trial, low-risk cholecystectomy patients were subjected to either the thoracic lymphatic pump (n = 21) or incentive spirometry (n = 21) to prevent atelectasis. The treatment groups were equal with respect to risk factors for atelectasis and deviation of preoperative respiratory parameters (forced vital capacity [FVC] and forced expiratory volume in one second [FEV1]) from the predicted values. Atelectasis occurred in 2 (5%) of 21 patients regardless of whether incentive spirometry or thoracic lymphatic pump treatment was used. Study patients treated with the thoracic lymphatic pump technique had an earlier recovery and quicker return toward preoperative values for FVC and FEV1 than patients treated with incentive spirometry.
Notes
Knowledge, pearl, summary or comment to share?You can also include formatting, links, images and footnotes in your notes
- Simple formatting can be added to notes, such as
*italics*,_underline_or**bold**. - Superscript can be denoted by
<sup>text</sup>and subscript<sub>text</sub>. - Numbered or bulleted lists can be created using either numbered lines
1. 2. 3., hyphens-or asterisks*. - Links can be included with:
[my link to pubmed](http://pubmed.com) - Images can be included with:
 - For footnotes use
[^1](This is a footnote.)inline. - Or use an inline reference
[^1]to refer to a longer footnote elseweher in the document[^1]: This is a long footnote..