Efficacy of Prehabilitation Before Cardiac Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Patients awaiting cardiac surgery seem to benefit from exercise-based prehabilitation, but the impact on different perioperative outcomes compared with standard care is still unclear.

Design

Eligible nonrandomized/randomized controlled studies investigating the impact of exercise-based prehabilitation in adults scheduled for elective cardiac surgery were searched on December 16, 2020, from electronic databases, including MEDLINE, CENTRAL, and CINAHL. The data were pooled and a meta-analysis was conducted.

Results

Of 1490 abstracts, six studies ( n = 665) were included into the review and meta-analysis. At postintervention interval and at postsurgery interval, 6-min-walking distance improved significantly in exercise-based prehabilitation group compared with

SUBMITTER: Steinmetz C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10010695 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature