Development of a novel device for monitoring incentive spirometry performance
Lung atelectasis caused by shallow breathing patterns is common after cardiac, thoracic and upper abdominal surgeries. A common method used to address this problem is to encourage patients to perform breathing exercises using incentive spirometers in the postoperative period. However, to be effectiv...
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Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia,
2016-07.
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