PMID: 8945145Jun 1, 1996Paper

The effect of rehabilitation training on postoperative recovery of children with congenital heart disease

Zhonghua hu li za zhi = Chinese journal of nursing
L L TanH Wang

Abstract

In this study, seven stages rehabilitation exercise were set up according to the rehabilitation training principles. 83 post-operative congenital heart disease children whose age ranging from 4 approximately 12 years were divided into two groups. The results showed that there was a significant difference between rehabilitation training group and control group in the time of ventilator weaning, intensive care, and mean hospitalization. The time of ventilator wearing was 7.34 hours shorter in the study group than that of control group. The time of under intensive care and hospitalization were also 2.04 days and 3.24 days shorter respectively. It is suggested that rehabilitation training has a good effect on post-operative children with congenital heart disease.

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