In this day of “evidence-based medicine” and a laser focus on reducing complications (thereby reducing costs to both the hospital and the patient), the heart pillow seems to have slipped through the cracks. Perhaps due to the tradition of use,...
Many hospitals supply heart patients with pillows, often called heart- chest- or cough- pillows. The purpose is to help patients to protect their sternum when they need to cough or sneeze. The question is: Could such pillows do more harm...