Financial Impact of Incentive Spirometry

• Main Authors: Adam E. M. Eltorai PhD (Author), Grayson L. Baird PhD (Author), Joshua Pangborn BS (Author), Ashley Szabo Eltorai MD (Author), Valentin Antoci MD, PhD (Author), Katherine Paquette PhD, RN (Author), Kevin Connors BA, RRT, CPFT (Author), Jacqueline Barbaria RRT (Author), Kimberly J. Smeals RRT (Author), Barbara Riley DNP, RN (Author), Shyam A. Patel MD (Author), Saurabh Agarwal MD (Author), Terrance T. Healey MD (Author), Corey E. Ventetuolo MD, MS (Author), Frank W. Sellke MD (Author), Alan H. Daniels MD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2018-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Despite largely unproven clinical effectiveness, incentive spirometry (IS) is widely used in an effort to reduce postoperative pulmonary complications. The objective of the study is to evaluate the financial impact of implementing IS. The amount of time nurses and RTs spend each day doing IS-related...