Ineffective breathing pattern in cardiac postoperative patients: Diagnostic accuracy study

The aim of this study was to analyze the accuracy of the defining characteristics of ineffective breathing pattern (IBP) in postoperative cardiac patients. A diagnostic accuracy study was performed with 98 patients. Measures of sensitivity, specificity, predictive values, likelihood ratios, diagnostic odds ratio, and area under the ROC curve were calculated. IBP was present in 23.5% of the patients. Alterations in depth of breathing (sensitivity...