Preoperative Incentive Spirometer Breathing Exercise to Prevent Postoperative Pulmonary Complications
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Postoperative pulmonary complications.
- Registration Number
- IRCT20211224053503N1
- Lead Sponsor
- College of Nursing, University of Baghdad
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 128
Inclusion Criteria
Patients who will agree to participate in the study based on their informed consent .
Subjects with age >50 years.
Patients who undergo open heart surgery including ( coronary and valvular) procedures
Exclusion Criteria
Patients who refuse to participate in the study.
Patients who have thoracic, abdominal, or cerebral aneurysms
recent cardiothoracic or abdominal surgery.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The incidence of postoperative pulmonary complications. Timepoint: Subjects response to the intervention will be within one week of the first meeting to examine the effectiveness of the intervention on preventing pulmonary complications. Method of measurement: Diagnosis of pulmonary complications from patients' records, results of Peak Expiratory Flow Rate and Arterial Blood Gases.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method