Early rehabilitative treatment in aortocoronary bypass surgery.

AIM: The objective of this retrospective study is to analyze functional recovery and response to rehabilitation treatment during the immediate postoperative phase of aortocoronary bypass (ACB) surgery. METHODS: We studied 319 patients, who had undergone ACB surgery and who needed post-acute rehabilitation. RESULTS: All patients presented post-operative respiratory dysfunction, 300 cases presented inability in position changes and needed neuromotor exercises in addition to chest physiotherapy. Rehabilitation treatment began at a mean number of 1.79 +/-1.37 days after surgery and continued for 5.78 +/- 3.59 days. At the discharge, at mean 5.47 +/- 2.25 days after surgery, most of patients (65.61%) walked independently. CONCLUSIONS: Our study described a protocol of early rehabilitative treatment that appeared to be suitable in promoting patients'functional recovery after aortocoronary bypass surgery.