Effect of phase I cardiopulmonary rehabilitation on patients with coronary artery bypass grafting: a Meta-analysis

Abstract

Objective To evaluate the rehabilitation effect of phase I cardiopulmonary rehabilitation on patients with coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) . Methods Chinese and English databases were searched via computer including PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, CNKI, Wanfang, VIP, with the time set as the database establishment date to 31st January of 2019, to obtain randomized controlled trials of phase I cardiopulmonary rehabilitation in CABG. Meta-analysis of the included studies was performed by RevMan 5.3 software. Results A total of 8 studies were included, according to the Meta analysis, 6 min walking distance increased in the phase I cardiopulmonary rehabilitation patients group (MD=56.46, 95%CI 32.82-80.09, P 0.05) . Conclusions Phase I cardiopulmonary rehabilitation can improve the activity endurance, pulmonary function, shorten the hospitalization time and reduce the incidence of postoperative arrhythmia, but it can not significantly improve the quality of life. Due to the small number of included studies and the heterogeneity of some indicators, the results of this study still need to be verified by multicenter, large sample and high-quality randomized controlled trials. Key words: Meta analysis; Coronary artery bypass grafting; Coronary bypass; Phase I cardiopulmonary rehabilitation; Cardiac rehabilitation