Role of Incentive Spirometry in Trauma Patients Managed with Tube Thoracostomy
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Objectives: To assess the role of incentive spirometry in trauma patients managed with tube thoracostomy in preventing postoperative pulmonary complications. Trauma injury accounts for 30% of all life years lost in the U.S.4
Chest trauma constitutes the major part of trauma. The majority of chest trauma requires careful surveillance and no surgical intervention. Tube thoracostomy may be required in the treatment of chest trauma. Incentive spirometer as a mechanical device
helps in the lung expansion and encourages the residual collection either fluid or air to come out of the pleural space and drain it out through the chest tube.
Materials and Methods: The study was conducted on patients coming with chest trauma to accident and emergency department of Civil Hospital Karachi, from January 2013 till July 2014. A total of 100 patients with chest trauma admitted through A&E department were enrolled in this research after taking written consent for tube thoracostomy and agreed to be the part of this research protocol. After assessment and consent the patients underwent tube thoracostomy under local anesthesia. The patients were divided into two groups by envelope technique, group A (n=50), who were advised to use incentive spirometer post procedure and the other was group B (n=50) who were not advised the use of incentive spirometer. Both the groups were then
managed on same protocol of antibiotics and pain killers and were observed for the recovery in terms of
removal of chest tube.
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