Role of Incentive Spirometry in Trauma Patients Managed with Tube Thoracostomy

Objectives: To assess the role of incentive spirometry in trauma patients managed with tube thoracostomy in preventing postoperative pulmonary complications. Trauma injury accounts for 30% of all life years lost in the U.S.4 Chest trauma constitutes the major part of trauma. The majority of chest tr...

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Main Authors: Naveed Ali Khan, Ata -ur- Rehman, Iqra Khan, Khursheed A. Samo, Amjad Siraj Memon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Dow University of Health Sciences 2015-12-01
Series:Journal of the Dow University of Health Sciences
Online Access:http://www.jduhs.com/index.php/jduhs/article/view/327