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Abstract
In clinical practice the pleural effusion is a significant public health problem. About 20% to 60% of the people who develop pneumonia have a pleural effusion patients with pleural effusion are frequently symptomatic with dyspnea and loss of lung function. Morbidity and mortality rates in patients with pneumonia and pleural effusion are higher than those in patients with pneumonia alone.Pleural effusion leads to reduce of lung volumes and ventilatory functions. So, this study was designed to find out the effect of Incentive spirometry versus breathing exercises on ventilatory function in pleural effusion. Forty men patients were chosen from Kom Elshoukafa and Maamora chest hospitals, Alexandria, Egypt. Their ages ranged from 45 to 55 years with mild to moderate pleural effusion. The amount of effusion ranged from (100 - 500ml), assigned randomly into two groups equal in number: group (A) performed designed program with triflow incentive spirometry three times per week for 8 weeks duration, group (B) performed designed program of pursed lip breathing three times per week for 8 weeks duration. Measurements for ventilatory functions (FEV1, FVC, FEV1 / FVC and MVV) were done before the study, after 8 weeks of treatment for each group by using computerized incentive spirometry. Data showed that after 8 week of treatment with incentive spirometry and pursed lip breathing there is increase in ventilatory functions except FEV1 / FVC which is decreased by (- 2.4%) with incentive spirometry. While increase in FVC with incentive spirometry is 15.95% higher than pursed lip tranining 5.5%