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.
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...
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.