Evidence summary of preoperative rehabilitation in lung cancer patients
Objective To systematically retrieve,evaluate,extract and summarize evidence related to the management of preoperative rehabilitation for patients with lung cancer.Methods Clinical practice guidelines,clinical decisions,expert consensuses and systematic reviews on the management of preoperative rehabilitation of patient with lung cancer in domestic and foreign databases and related professional websites were searched.Two researchers screened articles and evaluated the quality of included articles independently,then evidence was extracted and summarized.Results A total of 14 articles were included finally,containing four clinical practice guidelines,one clinical decision,two expert consensuses and seven systematic reviews.Twenty-six pieces of evidence related to the management of preoperative prehabilitation among lung cancer patients were extracted and summarized into five themes,including exercise training,nutritional support,smoking cessation guidance,psychological support,and oral hygiene.Conclusion Clinical professionals should carry out the best evidence practice and provide personalized preoperative rehabilitation to lung cancer patients in combination with clinical situations and patients'wishes,in order to improve patients'cardiopulmonary function before surgery,so that they can recover better and faster after surgery.