The influence of breathing pattern on lung deposition and bronchodilator response to nebulised salbutamol is uncertain. Three different breathing patterns were assessed in eight patients with chronic stable asthma. Salbutamol solution (2 5 mg in 4 ml) mixed with technetium-99m labelled human serum albumin was nebulised by an Acorn nebuliser at a flow rate of6 litres a minute. Particles with a m...

AIM To compare electromyographic (EMG) activity in young-adult subjects with different breathing types. METHODOLOGY This study included 50 healthy male subjects with complete natural dentition, and no history of orofacial pain or craniomandibular-cervical-spinal disorders. Subjects were classified into two groups: upper costal breathing type, and costo-diaphragmatic breathing. Bipolar surface...

OBJECTIVES To examine the efficacy of respiratory physiotherapy for prevention of pulmonary complications after abdominal surgery. METHODS We searched in databases and bibliographies for articles in all languages through November 2005. Randomized trials were included if they investigated prophylactic respiratory physiotherapy and pulmonary outcomes, and if the follow-up was at least 2 days. E...

1 am pleased to see that Dr Schachter and Dr Domingo and colleagues confirm OU observation relative to an increase in arterial Po2 occurring three to six months after initiation of oxygen therapy in stable patients with ‘ However, Dr Schachter takes issue with the recommendation that supplemental oxygen not he discontinned when the arterial Po, increases as a result of the beneficial effects of...

Voluntary breathing-controlled electrical stimulation (BreEStim), a novel non-invasive and non-pharmacological treatment protocol for neuropathic pain management, was reported to selectively reduce the affective component of pain possibly by increasing pain threshold. The underlying mechanisms involved in the analgesic effect of BreEStim were considered to result from combination of multiple in...

BACKGROUND Coughing has been identified as the most painful experience post cardiac surgery. METHODS Participants (n = 32), in a randomized crossover trial, applied a frozen gel pack to their sternal incision dressing before performing deep breathing and coughing (DB & C) exercises. Pain scores from 0 to 10 at rest were compared with pain scores post DB & C with and without the gel pack. Part...

This study aims to determine the effect of Emotional Freedom Technique Therapy (EFT) and deep breathing exercises reduce patient anxiety. The method used is a literature review Scopus, ScienceDirect, Proquest, Sage Ebsco databases. results showed that 14 articles proved EFT therapy exercise reduced anxiety were influential in combination with other relaxation therapies. In conclusion, have sign...

RATIONALE Previous research has demonstrated that nitrogen narcosis causes decrements in memory performance but the precise aspect of memory impaired is not clear in the literature. OBJECTIVE The present research investigated the effect of narcosis on free recall and recognition memory by appling signal detection theory (SDT) to the analysis of the recognition data. METHODS Using a repeated...