Cardiac Conditions Physiotherapy
After cardiac , abdominal, chest surgeries patients needs attentive physical therapy to relieve pain and reduces recovery time.
CONDITIONS
- Post op CABG: open heart surgery, valve replacement surgery, aneurysm arrhythmias requiring pacemaker
- Thoracic surgeries: lung surgeries( lobectomy segmentectomy sleeve resection, LVRS)
- Chest trauma: gunshot wounds, rib fracture, flial chest
- Pneumothorax,hydropneumothorax,haemothorax
- Chest infections: in which secretion gets accumulated pneumonia, copd,asthma ,bronchietasis
- Abdominal surgeries: laprotomy,hernia repair appendectomy cholecysectomy
Cardiac conditions Physiotherapy Measures
- Early mobilization
- Bed mobility/positioning
- Thoracic expansion
- Incentive spirometry
- Clearance of bronchial secretions
- Active assistive coughing and huffing techniques