title: A nurse-led pulmonary rehabilitation programme for patients with COPD.
abstract: A pulmonary rehabilitation programme set out to improve quality of life for patients with COPD by providing education and improving exercise tolerance. Progress was measured and outcomes monitored, the results indicating that such programmes could have a big impact, particularly on patients who are identified in the early stages of the disease.
authors.affiliation: South Tyneside Healthcare Trust, South Shields, Tyne and Wear.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gibbons
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D015397:Program Evaluation; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000451:nursing* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D012047:Rehabilitation Centers / Q000458:organization & administration; D019145:Rehabilitation Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*