Cardiac Surgery

Physioacoustic therapy with cardiac surgery patients

Butler, C., Butler, P. (1997).

Heart surgeon Charles Butler, MD, PhD, and Penelope Johnson Butler, MD found significant patient benefits using a form of VAT (physioacoustic therapy) during recovery from cardiovascular surgery. Eight patients were studied. VAT intervention promoted the use of shorter-acting anesthetics and resulted in a decrease in the use of sedative and pain medication on these patients. The average ventilator-dependent time was reduced from 17 to 7 hours, time spent in the ICU was reduced from 36 to 18 hours, and the overall hospital stay was reduced from 9 days to and average of 5 days.

Source: Lifesounds

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