Effects of two expectoration methods on pulmonary complications and hypoxemia in esophageal cancer patients having undergone radical resection with video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery
10.3969/j.issn.1671-8283.2015.10.011
- VernacularTitle:两种不同背部叩击排痰法对胸腔镜下食道癌根治术后患者肺部并发症的影响
- Author:
Xiaoli WANG
;
Yanhong GU
;
Hairong YU
;
Yannan ZHANG
;
Xuemei SUN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
radical surgery on esophageal cancer;
expectoration by tapping back;
hyoxemia atelectasis;
pulmonary infection
- From:
Modern Clinical Nursing
2015;14(10):40-42
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To compare the effects of expectoration by high frequency back tapping with both hands and traditional expectoration by tapping back with a single hand on pulmonary complications in esophageal cancer patients having undergone radical resection with video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS). Methods Sixty patients after radical resection for esophageal cancer with VATS from May 2013 to January 2014 were set as the control group, in which expectoration by tapping the back with a single hand. Another 60 patients after radical resection for esophageal cancer with VATS from February 2014 to July 2014 were set as the observation group, in which the expectoration by high frequency tapping the back with both hands. The two groups were compared in terms of pulmonary complications. Result The incidence of atelectasis and pulmonary infection in the observation group were lower than those with a single hand in the control group (all P<0.05). Conclusion For the patients having undergone radical resection of esophageal carcinoma with VATS, the expectoration with high frequency back tapping with both hands is more effective in lowering atelectasis rate than that with a single hand.
