Impact of breathing exercises in subjects with lung cancer undergoing surgical resection: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

• Published in: Journal of clinical nursing Vol. 28; no. 5-6; pp. 717 - 732
• Main Authors: Wang, Ya‐Qing, Liu, Xin, Jia, Yong, Xie, Jiao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.03.2019
• Subjects: breathing exercises; Breathing Exercises - methods; Cancer surgery; Evidence-based nursing; Forced Expiratory Volume; Humans; Length of Stay; Lung cancer; Lung Neoplasms - rehabilitation; Lung Neoplasms - surgery; Meta-analysis; Physical therapy; Pneumonia - prevention & control; Postoperative Complications - prevention & control; Postoperative Period; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; Respiration; Respiratory therapy; Surgical outcomes; Systematic review; Thoracic surgery; Tidal Volume; lung cancer; meta-analysis; systematic review; breathing exercises

Aims and objectives To assess the effects of breathing exercises on postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs), pulmonary function, 6‐min walk distance (6MWD) and the length of hospital stay (LOS) in lung cancer patients undergoing lung surgery. Background Lung cancer patients undergoing lung rese...