2008 Volume 23 Issue 2 Pages 291-295
The object of this study was to examine the effectiveness of respiratory rehabilitation, using the number of days to post-op. discharge as an index. The subjects were 179 patients of whom 87 received rehabilitation treatment. Their average ages were 65.0 ± 10.0, no-rehab group, and 66.1 ± 9.3, rehab group. Gender, age, physical measurements (height, weight, BMI), operation technique, lung function-vital capacity (%VC), forced expiratory volume in 1 sec (FEV1.0%) - blood loss in operation, operation time, and length of hospital stay were obtained from medical records. We split the patients into short and long stay groups, and examined the relationships among basic attributes, age, gender, etc., factors and findings connected with the operation, and performance of rehabilitation. By examining each item, we found that hospital stay was short for patients who were males under 65 years of age, who lost less than 200 ml of blood during the operation, and who received rehabilitation. In rehabilitation, it is necessary to proceed with the understanding that occurrence of complications is connected with lengthened hospital stay.
