Impact of assisted deambulation on pulmonary function in patients submitted to abdominal surgery

The number of elective surgeries in Brazil grew 39.1% this year 2017, are medium and high complexity surgical procedures. In the postoperative period of abdominal surgery can generate some not only pulmonary, but also circulatory impairment due to immobility in the bed. Therefore, the present study aims to verify the impact of assisted ambulation in the postoperative period of abdominal surgery. The study is a subproject with longitudinal design. The patients were approached 12 hours after the surgery, where the patient was evaluated for peripheral muscle strength, lung volumes and capacities, and maximal inspiratory and maximal expiratory force, after being ambulated, and after 30 minutes the patient was reevaluated. Peripheral muscle strength had a significant result, and the result of maximal inspiratory pressure and maximal expiratory pressure showed an increase in the results compared before and after the intervention, where only the maximal inspiratory pressure showed a satisfactory but not significant response. Early mobilization is a low-cost and widely used technique. In the present study, it proved that its application in the postoperative period of elective abdominal surgery can provide a significant increase in peripheral muscle strength, as well as promote inspiratory muscle strength.