@mj_pucci Unfortunately the data do not support IS. Now if IS can help motivate a patient to not be sedentary post-op, I’m all for it. However, IS does not appear to decrease pulmonary complications https://t.co/AB97clIPJX
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In several randomized clinical trials, incentive spirometry was not shown to reduce the incidence of fever. (2/n) https://t.co/yNGBhtCSL0
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Dos revisiones Cochrane con miles de pacientes sometidos a cirugía abdominal y cardíaca muestran que el EI no es más efectivo que la fisioterapia estándar, los ejercicios de respiración profunda o incluso ninguna intervención para prevenir las CPP. https: