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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.

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.