Effect of preoperative physiotherapy on pulmonary function and the length of hospitalization after open-heart surgery

Abstract

Introduction Open-heart surgeries are crucial medical procedures, notwithstanding the fact that they often leave patients vulnerable to pulmonary complications. Following such surgeries, patients require rehabilitation to restore pulmonary function, enhance mobility, and build tolerance for physical activities.[1] Not only prolonged bed rest reduces pulmonary function, also sternotomy done during the surgery, hinders the learning of deep breathing exercise, which may hamper the process of rehabilitation.[2] Within standard rehabilitation process physiotherapy is prescribed only after the surgery, therefore patients learning breathing exercises already with surgical incision. Althout, teaching patients breathing exercise and educating them on the importance of it to the recovery before the surgery might give them confidence to do exercise which might increase the pulmonary funcion and decrease the length of hospitalization. [3, 4] [...].