ABSTRACT
Objective To evaluate the effect of active cycle of breathing techniques(ACBT) on promoting lung recruitment in post-thoracic surgery patients with lung cancer. Methods Totally 100 cases of patients with lung cancer were collected and randomly divided into two groups(the control group and the observation group) with 50 cases in each group. The additional ACBT was applied≥3 times per day in the control group compared with the observation group. The main observation indexes(pulmonary function and arterial blood gas, etc) and the secondary indexes(vital signs and pain score, etc) of the patients were collected at different time period. Results The main observation index and the secondary index of the patients in the control group gained an advantage over those in the observation group(P＜0.05). No obvious adverse events occurred. Conclusion ACBT applied in the post-thoracic surgery patients with lung cancer is safe and effective. It can improve the cleaning efficiency of respiratory secretion, promote lung recruitment and fastly recover the pulmonary function and save medical costs.