Here is why external chest supports really help after heart surgery

Feb 05, 2014

Filed under: Literature, QualiBreath, white paper

Here is why external chest supports really help after heart surgery

In a recently published white paper D. Hjorth evaluates external chest supports based on the entire recovery process, in and out of the hospital, to avoid offsetting costs for health care providers in the form of long term complications and...

Sternal precautions and QualiBreath

Dec 18, 2013

Filed under: Literature, QualiBreath, Sternal precautions

Recovery after median sternotomy is often slowed down by too restrictive precautions.It’s time for change. Sternal precautions must focus on function and patient characteristics to facilitate recovery rather than impede it.

Pillows. Part of the problem, not the solution!

Dec 04, 2013

Filed under: Pillow, QualiBreath

Pillows. Part of the problem, not the solution!

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...

Study confirms the efficiency and comfort of QualiBreath

Nov 20, 2013

Filed under: Literature, QualiBreath

Study confirms the efficiency and comfort of QualiBreath

A study from Australia by Doa El-Ansary et al., compares the QualiBreath sternum support, called “Adjustable Fastening Brace” in the article, to an elastic compression binder, and sports tape - used to control sternal instability.

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Here is why external chest supports really help after heart surgery

Sternal precautions and QualiBreath

Pillows. Part of the problem, not the solution!

Study confirms the efficiency and comfort of QualiBreath