title: [Effect of a 2-year pulmonary rehabilitation on the 7-year prognosis in patients with advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease].
abstract: Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) improve the quality of life in COPD patients, however, little has been known whether it may improve the survival. We assessed 7-year prognosis in 46 patients with advanced COPD, 27 of which completed successfully 2-year course of PR whereas 19 COPD patients made a control (C) group. At the end of 7-year observation 41.3% of total number of patients survived, among them 12 (42.8%) PR patients and 7 (38%) C patients. COPD progression was the main (80%) reason of mortality in both groups. The survivors had better results of baseline FVC, FEV1 and treadmill exercise test. They did not differ from non-survivors with age, baseline results of the weight, PaO2, PaCO2 and the number of PR patients. The Cox proportional hazard analysis showed that neither of baseline parameters influenced significantly the 7-year prognosis in this group of COPD patients. In conclusion, PR failed to improve 7-year prognosis in the studied group of patients with advanced COPD.
authors.affiliation: Oddział Kardiologii, Wojewódzki Szpital Specjalistyczny we Wrocławiu.
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Piszko
authors.forename: Jerzy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lewczuk
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kowalska-Superlak
authors.forename: Jacek
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jagas
authors.forename: Bartosz
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ludwik
authors.forename: Krzysztof
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wrabec
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005081:Exercise Therapy / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D005541:Forced Expiratory Volume; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D011379:Prognosis; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D011788:Quality of Life; D012138:Respiratory Therapy / Q000379:methods; D012307:Risk Factors; D016019:Survival Analysis; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014797:Vital Capacity