‫ نموذج للملخصات البحثية إنجليزي‬: 1‫مرفق‬
Title
Assessment of pulmonary function tests in cardiac patients
Author-s
Salwa B. El-Sobkey, Magdi M. Gomaa.
Contact lnfo
College of Applied Medical Sciences-Department of Rehabilitation Health Sciences
selsobkey@ksu.edu.sa
Telephone # 4355010 ext. 605
Department
Department of Rehabilitation Health Sciences
Major
Physical Therapy for cardiopulmonary disorders and geriatric
citation
Journal of Saudi Heart Association. 2011; 23 (2): 81-86.
Year of
Publication
2011
Publisher
Journal of the Saudi Heart Association is produced and hosted by Elsevier in collaboration with King Saud University for the Saudi
Heart Association.
Sponsor
-
Type of
Publication
Article in Scientific Periodical Specialized International Journal
ISSN
1016-7315
URI/DOI
http://www.journalofthesaudiheart.com/article/PIIS1016731511000054/fulltex
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Full Text
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yes
Key words
Abstract
Pulmonary complications-Cardiac surgery- Cardiac disease- Spirometry- Mechanics of
respiration.
This study was aimed to assess the pulmonary function tests (PFTs) in cardiac patients;
with ischemic or rheumatic heart diseases as well as in patients who underwent coronary
artery bypass graft (CABG) or valvular procedures. For the forty eligible participants, the
pulmonary function was measured using the spirometry test before and after the cardiac
surgery. Data collection sheet was used for the patient’s demographic and intra-operative
information. Cardiac diseases and surgeries had restrictive negative impact on PFTs.
Before surgery, vital capacity (VC), forced vital capacity (FVC), forced expiratory volume
in the first second (FEV1), ratio between FEV1 and FVC, and maximum voluntary
ventilation (MVV) recorded lower values for rheumatic patients than ischemic patients (P
values were 0.01, 0.005, 0.0001, 0.031, and 0.035, respectively). Moreover, patients who
underwent valvular surgery had lower PFTs than patients who underwent CABG with
significant differences for VC, FVC, FEV1, and MVV tests (P values were 0.043, 0.011,
0.040, and 0.020, respectively). No definite causative factor appeared to be responsible
for those results although mechanical deficiency and incisional chest pain caused by
cardiac surgery are doubtful. More comprehensive investigation is required to resolve the
case.