Treating cad with cardiac surgery combined with complementary therapy. Heart disease occurs later in life for women and because of their willingness to try complementary modalities, this research was done to learn more about the holistic approach to treating women s heart disease. This article describes women s responses to coronary artery surgery using adjutant therapies of music therapy, vitamin therapy, reflexology, yoga, massage, hypnosis, self-meditation, aromatherapy, hypnosis, diet and other modalities to complement surgery. American Journal of Nursing . This article focuses on cancer pain describing music therapy as a non-intrusive intervention which allows a patient to relax, providing distraction from the pain.
Music reduces pain intensity and competes with the pain impulses in the central nervous system.
Allow patients to choose the music they prefer and let them express their feelings. Music in the operating theater. Music used in the OR has the potential to provide both positive results. Surgeons and OR staff when allowed to listen to music of their choice resulted in improvement of both speed and accuracy. Familiar music increased their concentration, and reduced the deterioration of vigilance over time.