The aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of short term Preoperative Respiratory Rehabili-tation (PRR) on the changes of respiratory functions and clinical conditions in patients with ma-lignant lung cancer lesion and reduced respiratory functions, with high risk to develop postop-erative pulmonary complications (PPCs). A total of 15 patients were treated with PRR protocol. The rehabilitation programme was concluded by all patients. They showed a statistically signifi-cant improvement of lung functionality Forced Vital Capacity (FVC) (p=0,004), Forced Expira-tion Value in the first second (FEV1) (p<0,001) and walking distance (p<0,001). In addition, there was a significant enhancement of Partial Oxygen Saturation (SpO2) (p=0,002), Hart Rate (HR) (p=0,002) and Borg Dyspnoea Scale values (p=0,003) indicate a better cardiorespiratory functionality. In conclusion a short feasible PRR is suitable in patients’ candidate to thoracic surgery.
G.B. and L.P. conceived of the presented idea. A.D.I. and M.C. developed the theory and performed the computations. A.D.I. verified the analytical methods. V.L. encouraged C.D"A. to investigate and supervised the findings of this work. All authors discussed the results and contributed to the final manuscript.
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