Early rehabilitative treatment in aortocoronary bypass surgery
Lucia Petrucci1, Francesca C Ramella, Susanna Ricotti
1Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Unit, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Foundation, Pavia, University of Pavia, Italy. l.petrucci@smatteo.pv.it
Aim:
The objective of this retrospective study is to analyze functional recovery and response to rehabilitation treatment during the immediate postoperative phase of aortocoronary bypass (ACB) surgery.
Methods:
We studied 319 patients, who had undergone ACB surgery and who needed post-acute rehabilitation.
Results:
All patients presented post-operative respiratory dysfunction, 300 cases presented inability in position changes and needed neuromotor exercises in addition to chest physiotherapy. Rehabilitation treatment began at a mean number of 1.79 +/-1.37 days after surgery and continued for 5.78 +/- 3.59 days. At the discharge, at mean 5.47 +/- 2.25 days after surgery, most of patients (65.61%) walked independently.
Conclusions:
Our study described a protocol of early rehabilitative treatment that appeared to be suitable in promoting patients'functional recovery after aortocoronary bypass surgery.
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