Further reading
General
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Casaburi R, ZuWallack R. Pulmonary rehabilitation for management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
N Engl J Med
2009; 360: 1329–1335.
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Marciniuk DD, Brooks D, Butcher S,
et al
. Optimizing pulmonary rehabilitation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease – practical issues: a Canadian Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guideline.
Can Respir J
2010; 17: 159–168.
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Nici L, Donner C, Wouters E,
et al.
American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society Statement on Pulmonary Rehabilitation.
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
2006; 173: 1390–1413.
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Pulmonary rehabilitation.
In:
An international comparison of COPD care in Europe.Results of the first European audit. Lausanne,
European Respiratory Society
, 2012; pp. 46–52.
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Ries AL, Bauldoff GS, Carlin BW,
et al
. Pulmonary rehabilitation. Joint ACCP/AACVPR Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines.
Chest
2007; 131: Suppl. 5, 4S–42S.Location
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Clini E, Foglio K, Bianchi L,
et al
. In-hospital short-term training program in patients with chronic airway obstruction (CAO).
Chest
2001; 120: 1500–1505.
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Maltais F, Bourbeau J, Shapiro S,
et al
. Effects of home-based pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a randomized trial.
Ann Intern Med
2008; 149: 869–878.Nutrition
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Ferreira IM, Brooks D, Lacasse Y,
et al
. Nutritional supplementation for stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev
2005; 2: CD000998.Respiratory muscle training
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Gosselink R, De Vos J, van den Heuvel SP,
et al
. Impact of inspiratory muscle training in patients with COPD: what is the evidence?
Eur Respir J
2011; 32: 416–425.
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Vogiatzis I. Strategies of muscle training in very severe COPD patients.
Eur Respir J
2011; 38: 971–975.Tele-assistance
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McLean S, Nurmatov U, Liu JL, et al. Telehealthcare for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev
2011; 6: CD007718.ICU physiotherapy
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Ambrosino N, Venturelli E, Vagheggini G,
et al
. Rehabilitation, weaning and physical therapy strategies in chronic critically ill patients.
Eur Respir J
2012; 39: 487–492.
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Gosselink R, Bott J, Johnson M,
et al
. Physiotherapy for adult patients with critical illness: recommendations of the European Respiratory Society and European Society of Intensive Care Medicine Task Force on Physiotherapy for Critically Ill Patients.
Intensive Care Med
2008; 34: 1188–1199.Acute COPD exacerbations
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Puhan MA, Gimeno-Santos E, Scharplatz M,
et al
. Pulmonary rehabilitation following exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev
2011; 10: CD005305.Maintenance• Spencer LM, Alison JA, McKeough ZJ. Maintaining benefits following pulmonary rehabilitation: a randomised controlled trial.
Eur Respir J
2010; 35: 571–577.Outcomes
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Janaudis-Ferreira T, Beauchamp MK, Goldstein RS,
et al.
How should we measure arm exercise capacity in patients with COPD? A systematic review.
Chest
2012; 141: 111–112.
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Lacasse Y, Goldstein R, Lasserson TJ,
et al
. Pulmonary rehabilitation for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev
2006; 18: CD003793.New strategies
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Ambrosino N, Strambi S. New strategies to improve exercise tolerance in COPD.
Eur Respir J
2004: 24: 313–322.
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Vivodtzev I, Debigaré R, Gagnon P,
et al
. Functional and muscular effects of neuromuscular electrical stimulation in patients with severe COPD: a randomized clinical trial.
Chest
2012; 141: 716–725.
See the entire Pulmonary rehabilitation Chapter