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Rehabilitation in COPD patients admitted for exacerbation
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Abstract
This review updates the application of early PR and main physical therapies both during hospital acute care and following discharge of COPD patients who have experienced exacerbation. It is only recently that literature has demonstrated the feasibility and effectiveness of early PR in COPD patients undergoing AE.
Nonetheless, early PR clearly appears to be a treatment indicated just after, or even during, an acute episode in hospital. Future studies should be able to clarify the practical role and effects of a timely application of rehabilitation to acute COPD, as well as the preferred modalities, duration and techniques to apply in this condition.
Pneumonol. Alergol. Pol. 2011; 79, 2: 116-120
Abstract
This review updates the application of early PR and main physical therapies both during hospital acute care and following discharge of COPD patients who have experienced exacerbation. It is only recently that literature has demonstrated the feasibility and effectiveness of early PR in COPD patients undergoing AE.
Nonetheless, early PR clearly appears to be a treatment indicated just after, or even during, an acute episode in hospital. Future studies should be able to clarify the practical role and effects of a timely application of rehabilitation to acute COPD, as well as the preferred modalities, duration and techniques to apply in this condition.
Pneumonol. Alergol. Pol. 2011; 79, 2: 116-120
Keywords
COPD; pulmonary rehabilitation; exacerbation


Title
Rehabilitation in COPD patients admitted for exacerbation
Journal
Advances in Respiratory Medicine
Issue
Pages
116-120
Published online
2011-02-24
Bibliographic record
Pneumonol Alergol Pol 2011;79(2):116-120.
Keywords
COPD
pulmonary rehabilitation
exacerbation
Authors
Enrico Clini
Elena Venturelli
Ernesto Crisafulli