A guide to prescribing pulmonary rehabilitation.
Pulmonary rehabilitation does have a place in the medical management of COPD. It is the responsibility of the primary care practitioner to be sufficiently informed to make intelligent choices among programs for optimum benefit to the patient. Beyond bronchodilators and small volume nebulizers is the concept of pulmonary rehabilitation, aimed at the art of living with lung disease, which may not alter the outcome of the disease but may change the quality of life for those who are sufficiently motivated to develop new habits.
D000553:Ambulatory Care; D001945:Breathing Exercises; D005081:Exercise Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008173:Lung Diseases, Obstructive / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008722:Methods; D009042:Motivation; D010353:Patient Education as Topic