Background: To report the evaluation of incentive spirometry (IS)-induced pressure changes in intra-abdominal drainage catheters and consider its use for maintaining catheter patency enhancing drainage. Methods: Prospective study patients with indwelling abdominal fluid collections who had their pressures measured while performing spirometry. Patients were instructed an spirometer. Within a wee...

OBJECTIVE To compare the effects of deep breathing exercises (DBE) and the flow-oriented incentive spirometry (IS) in patients undergone coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) through the following variables: forced vital capacity - FVC, forced expiratory volume in 1 second - FEV(1), maximal respiratory pressures and oxygen saturation. METHODS Thirty six patients in CABG postoperative period ...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of implementing a physical therapy guideline for patients undergoing upper abdominal surgery (UAS) in reducing the incidence of atelectasis and length of hospital stay in the postoperative period. MATERIALS AND METHODS A "before and after" study design with historical control was used. The "before" period included consecutive p...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the effectiveness of respiratory physiotherapy based on clinical evidence and analyze the improvement in respiratory parameters. METHODS A prospective study was carried out in the Bone Marrow Transplant Unit of the Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Two different previously established respiratory physiotherapy protocols were applied from days D-1 to D+7 th...

Introduction and Aim: Apart from pain, numerous causes contribute to discomfort during the postoperative period. Hence, early nursing care should focus on reducing this discomfort. The present study aimed find effect of a management programme (MPMP) among patients undergoing abdominal surgery. Materials Methods: This quasi-experimental was conducted in selected tertiary hospital included 183 ad...

This special report synthesizes the findings of a Health Care Financing Administration grant which allowed the author to analyze hospital finance in six foreign countries and in the United States. The author identified the principal problems facing hospital owners, carriers, and governments in the United States, and he conducted lengthy field work abroad to learn how each country dealt with the...