Effects of oscillatory positive expiratory pressure therapy in patients undergoing thoracic or upper abdominal surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Preventing postoperative complications and accelerating patient recovery are critical issues in clinical treatment and nursing care. This meta-analysis aimed to evaluate the effects of oscillatory positive expiratory pressure therapy (OPEPT) in patients undergoing thoracic or abdominal surgery.

Methods

We searched PubMed, the Cochrane Library, Web of Science, EBSCO, SinoMed, Weipu, WanFang, and China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on the role of OPEPT on patients undergoing thoracic and upper abdominal surgeries. Two researchers independently conducted literature screening, quality assessment, and data extraction based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria, and used the RevMan 5.4 software to perform the meta-ana

SUBMITTER: You J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11417579 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature