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Aims: To assess the effect of nurse-guided use of incentive spirometer on postoperative oxygenation and pulmonary complications after coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Background: Deep breathing exercises have been shown to improve postoperative lung expansion and reduce pulmonary complications. An incentive spirometer is a deep breathing exercises device that imitates continuous sigh-like maximal inspiration. Design: Randomized control trial, two groups nonblinded parallel design. Methods: A total of n = 89 eligible patients were randomized to either control or intervention group. Patients in the intervention group received bihourly nurse-guided incentive spirometry for 48-h postextubation. The endpoints were: the number and duration of hypoxic events during the first 24-hr postsurgery, pneumonia and pulmonary function parameters. Data were collected May to September 2019. Results: Patients in the intervention group had a significantly lower mean number of hypoxic events with shor
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An incentive spirometer is often given to people who’ve recently had surgery, people with lung disease, or people with conditions that fill their lungs with fluid.
Your doctor might even give a spirometer to take home after leaving the hospital post-surgery (only if your health condition requires it).
Incentive spirometry is commonly used to break up the fluid that builds up in the lungs in people with pneumonia.
New Delhi: An Incentive Spirometer is a handheld device that helps the lungs to recover after a surgery or lung illness. Using this device can help the lungs stay active, free of fluid and even maintain it s strength.