Postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs) are common and expensive. Costs, morbidity, and mortality are higher with PPCs than with cardiac or thromboembolic complications. Preventing and treating PPCs is a major focus of respiratory therapists, using a wide variety of techniques and devices, including incentive spirometry, CPAP, positive expiratory pressure, intrapulmonary percussive ventila...

OBJECTIVE To conduct a systematic review to evaluate the evidence of the use of incentive spirometry (IS) for the prevention of postoperative pulmonary complications and for the recovery of pulmonary function in patients undergoing abdominal, cardiac and thoracic surgeries. METHODS Searches were performed in the following databases: Medline, Embase, Web of Science, PEDro and Scopus to select ...

Pneumothorax is the presence of air in the pleural space. Its management consists of noninvasive and invasive therapies and it is determined based on clinical manifestations, type and size of pneumothorax. We present a case of a patient with diagnosis of primary spontaneous pneumothorax treated with incentive spirometry (noninvasive therapy). A 20 year old man came to respirology clinic with ch...

To address an increase in patient transfers to the intensive care unit because of respiratory distress, a respiratory care bundle utilizing incentive spirometry was developed for a medical general practice unit. This resulted in decreased respiratory complications over 12 months.

Abstract Background Incentive spirometry (IS) is mostly used postoperatively to avoid pulmonary complications, but its effect on COPD patients and diaphragmatic functions are still not fully studied. The current study aimed evaluate the value of IS arterial blood gases, mMRC dyspnea scale, spirometry, by ultrasound in hospitalized for exacerbation. Methods Forty (37 males, 3 females) were admit...