MAXIMAL INSPIRATORY VOLUME AND POSTOPERATIVE PULMONARY COMPLICATIONS

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  • 1 January 1981
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 152  (5) , 601-603
Abstract
A study of postoperative patients indicated that to use any method of respiratory therapy intelligently and effectively in the postoperative period, it is imperative to know the preoperative maximal inspiratory volume and to measure the inspired volume during treatment. Only then can a physician determine if specific treatment is necessary at all, and if so, if incentive spirometry would be of greater benefit to the patient than intermittent positive pressure breathing therapy.

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