title: [Guidelines for outpatient pulmonary rehabilitation in Austria].
abstract: Pulmonary rehabilitation has become a standard of care for patients with chronic lung disease. It has been clearly demonstrated that pulmonary rehabilitation improves exercise capacity and quality of life in patients with chronic lung disease and reduces the number of hospital days and other measures of health-care utilization in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). This is an update of the guidelines in outpatient pulmonary rehabilitation in Austria, closely related to the official American Thoracic Society and European Respiratory Society Statement published in 2013.The guidelines represent standards of quality for requirements of structural and personal qualifications.
authors.affiliation: Medical University of Vienna,, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Wien, Österreich, karin.vonbank@meduniwien.ac.at.
authors.forename: Karin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Vonbank
authors.forename: Ralf Harun
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Zwick
authors.forename: Michaela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Strauss
authors.forename: Alfred
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lichtenschopf
authors.forename: Christoph
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Puelacher
authors.forename: Agnes
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Budnowski
authors.forename: Gabriele
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Possert
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Trinker
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000592:standards*; D001317:Austria; D006801:Humans; D008173:Lung Diseases, Obstructive / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D015272:Pulmonary Medicine / Q000592:standards*; D012046:Rehabilitation / Q000592:standards*; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests / Q000592:standards*
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