The Effect of Incentive Spirometry Added to Routine Physiotherapy Program on Hemodynamic Responses and Hospital Stay in Patients With COPD Exacerbation

All patients will be admitted to physiotherapy rehabilitation program including breathing exercises, modified postural drainage and percussion, lower-upper extremity mobilization exercises and posture exercises once a day during hospitalization. In addition, patients in the education group will be taught the use of Triflo ® and administered at two-hour intervals. The program will be started within the first 24 hours and blood pressure, heart rate, oxygen saturation and respiratory frequency will be recorded before and after the sessions. The values obtained from the second session of the patients will be included in the analysis.

All patients will be admitted to physiotherapy rehabilitation program including breathing exercises, modified postural drainage and percussion, lower-upper extremity mobilization exercises and posture exercises once a day during hospitalization. In addition, patients in the education group will be taught the use of Triflo ® and administered at two-hour intervals. The program will be started within the first 24 hours and blood pressure, heart rate, oxygen saturation and respiratory frequency will be recorded before and after the sessions. The values obtained from the second session of the patients will be included in the analysis.In addition, patients in the education group will be taught the use of Triflo ® and administered at two-hour intervals.