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Effect of Oscillation and Pulmonary Expansion Therapy on Pulmonary Outcomes After Cardiac Surgery

Version 1 : Received: 27 December 2023 / Approved: 28 December 2023 / Online: 28 December 2023 (10:18:34 CET)

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Williams, C.D.; Holbrook, K.M.; Shiari, A.; Zaied, A.A.; Al-Sharif, H.Z.; Rishi, A.R.; Frank, R.D.; Zurob, A.S.; Rishi, M.A. Effect of Oscillation and Pulmonary Expansion Therapy on Pulmonary Outcomes after Cardiac Surgery. J. Respir. 2024, 4, 91-101. Williams, C.D.; Holbrook, K.M.; Shiari, A.; Zaied, A.A.; Al-Sharif, H.Z.; Rishi, A.R.; Frank, R.D.; Zurob, A.S.; Rishi, M.A. Effect of Oscillation and Pulmonary Expansion Therapy on Pulmonary Outcomes after Cardiac Surgery. J. Respir. 2024, 4, 91-101.

Abstract

Background: Oscillation and pulmonary expansion (OPE) therapy can decrease postoperative pulmonary complications in a general surgical population, but its effect after cardiac surgery has not been reported, to our knowledge. We hypothesized that using an OPE device after cardiac surgery before extubation would decrease pulmonary complications. Methods: This retrospective cohort study included adults undergoing elective open cardiac surgery at our institution from January 2018 through January 2019, who had an American Society of Anesthesiologists score of 3 or greater. For mechanically ventilated patients after cardiac surgery, a new OPE protocol was adopted July 1, 2019, comprising an initial 10-minute OPE treatment administered in-line with the ventilator circuit, then continued treatments for 48 hours after extubation. Severe postoperative respiratory complications (primary outcome measure) included need for antibiotics, increased supplemental oxygen use, and prolonged hospital length of stay (LOS). Demographic, clinical, and outcomes data were compared for patients before (usual care with postextubation hyperinflation) and after protocol implementation (OPE). Results: Of 104 patients, 54 patients received usual care, and 50 received OPE. Usual-care recipients had more men (74% vs 62%; P=.19) and were older (median, 70 vs 67 years; P=.009) than OPE recipients. The OPE group had a significantly shorter hospital LOS than the usual-care group (mean, 6.2 vs 7.4 days; P=.04). Other measures improved with OPE but did not reach significance: shorter ventilator duration (mean, 0.6 vs 1.1 days with usual care; P=.06) and shorter LOS in the intensive care unit (mean, 2.7 vs 3.4 days; P=.06). On multivariate analysis, intensive care unit LOS was significantly shorter for the OPE group (mean difference, 0.85 days; 95% CI, 1.65 to 0.06; P=.04). The OPE group had a lower percentage of postoperative complications (10% vs 20%). Conclusion: OPE therapy after cardiac surgery is associated with decreased ICU and hospital LOS.

Keywords

cardiothoracic surgery; continuous high-frequency oscillation; pneumonia; postoperative pulmonary complications

Subject

Medicine and Pharmacology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

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