Dear Mayo Clinic: My father has had COPD for years, but he was hospitalized for worsening symptoms related to his condition. His health care provider advised that he should begin a pulmonary ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Rehabilitation during hospitalization vs. usual care resulted in better exercise capacity, quality of life and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A community-based telehealth pulmonary rehabilitation program for patients with COPD was accessible, feasible ...

Leah Witt, MD: Hello. I'm Dr Leah Witt. Welcome back to season one of the Medscape inDiscussion chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) podcast series. Today, we're talking pulmonary rehab, the ...

(StatePoint) If you’ve been diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) you know that it can impact many different areas of your life. What you may not know is that early and ...

—Barry J. Make, MD, joined MedPage Today to discuss pulmonary rehabilitation in COPD, its barriers to use, and the applications of tele-pulmonary rehab. Why is something so good, with so much proven ...

Any patient presenting with symptomatic COPD or another pulmonary disease as listed in Table III, should be considered for pulmonary rehabilitation according to the criteria previously discussed. Once ...

Pulmonary rehabilitation within 3 weeks of hospital discharge for COPD exacerbations improved exercise capacity and health-related QOL as well as hospital readmissions. Initiating outpatient pulmonary ...

Online pulmonary rehabilitation for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) was found to be as effective as face-to-face rehabilitation programs at improving patients' exercise ...

Pulmonary rehabilitation is a comprehensive outpatient program of exercise and education for people with COPD. It involves training people on the following aspects: exercise, breathing techniques, ...