Influence of preoperative ambroxol aerosol inhalation on postoperative lung complications:a Meta analysis / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To evaluate the effect of preoperative ambroxol aerosol inhalation on postoperative lung complications in patients with chest and abdominal surgery.Methods The randomized controlled trials (RCTs) taking preoperative ambroxol aerosol inhalation interventions were collected from the databases of Chinese Technology Journal Database,China National Knowledge Internet and Wanfang Database.Data were analyzed with RevMan 5.0 software.Results Eleven articles with 1 160 patients met the inclusion criteria.There was a certain heterogeneity across the analysis,which might result from kind of included patients,inhalation method,difference of the medication,inhalation time,etc,according to subgroup analysis.The result showed that compared with the control group,patients in the experimental group had lower incidence of postoperative lung complications and the differences were not statistically significant.Conclusions The Meta analysis had identified a significant effect of preoperative ambroxol aerosol inhalation on postoperative lung complications in patients with chest and abdominal surgery,but high quality were in need.