Effects of Preoperative Breathing Exercise on Postoperative Outcomes for Patients With Lung Cancer Undergoing Curative Intent Lung Resection: A Meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine the benefits of preoperative breathing exercises on hospital length of stay (LOS), pneumonia, postoperative pulmonary complications (PPC), 6-minute walk distance (6MWD), forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV₁), and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in patients undergoing surgical lung cancer resection.

Data sources

PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science Core Collection, and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials were comprehensively searched from inception to March 2021.

Study selection

Only studies including preoperative inspiratory muscle training (IMT) and/or breathing exercises compared with a nontraining control group were included. The meta-analysis was done using Cochrane software for multiple variables including LOS,

SUBMITTER: Pu CY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9353730 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature