Preoperative inspiratory muscle training prevents pulmonary complications after cardiac surgery - a systematic review.

CONCLUSIONS: Preoperative inspiratory muscle training may reduce the risk of developing pneumonia and atelectasis. However, more trials are needed to support and strengthen the evidence found in this systematic review before routine implementation of this kind of training preoperatively. PMID: 29510803 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29510803?dopt=Abstract

Source: Danish Medical Journal - March 9, 2018 Category: General Medicine Tags: Dan Med J Source Type: research