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Respiratory physiotherapy and incidence of pulmonary complications in off-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery: an observational follow-up study

Isabel Yañez-Brage, Salvador Pita‐Fernández, Alberto Juffé-Stein, Ursicino Martínez-González, Sónia Pértega-Díaz, Ángeles Mauleón-García

BMC Pulmonary Medicine · 2009 · 101 citations · 37 references

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Abstract

Preoperative respiratory physiotherapy is related to a lower incidence of atelectasis.

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Statistical Methods for Rates and Proportions.

B. S. Everitt, J. L. Fleiss · Biometrics · 1981 · 9.1K citations

Statistical Methods, Statistical Inference, Statistical Modeling +2

Biostatistics: A Foundation for Analysis in the Health Sciences.

Bob Rosenfeld, Wayne W. Daniel · Journal of the American Statistical Association · 1984 · 2.9K citations

Epidemiology, Statistics, Chi-square Distribution +12

The number needed to treat: a clinically useful measure of treatment effect

Richard J. Cook, D L Sackett · BMJ · 1995 · 1.9K citations · Full text

Relative Benefit, Treatment Effect, Riskbenefit Ratio +20

Diagnosis of Diseases of the Chest.

Annals of Internal Medicine · 1978 · 808 citations · Full text

Disease Diagnosis, Engineering, Pneumothorax +12

Preoperative Intensive Inspiratory Muscle Training to Prevent Postoperative Pulmonary Complications in High-Risk Patients Undergoing CABG Surgery

Erik H.J. Hulzebos, Paul J.M. Helders, Nine J. Favié et al. · JAMA · 2006 · 669 citations