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QualiBreath & breathing after sternotomy
Normal breathing is affected after a sternotomy procedure and becomes more shallow due to wound pain, sore ribs and muscle pain.QualiBreath stabilises the sternum, supports the sore chest and stimulates a healthy deeper abdominal breathing. A key factor to decrease...
After open heart surgery, the sternum is a fractured bone. Is it treated like one?
Once heart surgery has been performed and the chest has been closed, in regards to the healing of the sternum, the patient is an orthopedic patient. Do the commonly used techniques for post-sternotomy bone fixation and fracture management follow the...
Qualiteam exhibits at the biggest physical therapy meeting in the US
From February 15th to 18th we'll be attending the American Physical Therapy Association Combined Sessions Meeting (APTA CSM). The venue is the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio, TX. This will be our first time at this meeting...
Where is the Clinical Evidence for the Use of Heart Pillows?
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,...