Is Incentive Spirometry Superior to Standard Care in Postoperative Cardiac Surgery on Clinical Outcomes and Length of Hospital and Intensive Care Unit Stay? A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis.

Hiago Vinicius Costa SilvaAdriana Claudia LunardiAna Carolina Pereira Nunes PintoJuliana Ribeiro Fonseca Franco de MacedoElinaldo da Conceição Dos Santos

Published in: Brazilian journal of cardiovascular surgery (2024)

This meta-analysis revealed that IS was not superior to standard respiratory care for PPCs and clinical outcomes, therefore its use should not be widely recommended until further studies with high quality be performed to ensure this clinical guidance.

Keyphrases

intensive care unit
healthcare
cardiac surgery
systematic review
palliative care
quality improvement
case control
acute kidney injury
patients undergoing
meta analyses
affordable care act
single cell
randomized controlled trial
cystic fibrosis
drug induced