Is Pulmonary Rehab Right for Your Patient With COPD?

Join Dr Leah Witt and nurse practitioner Chris Garvey as they discuss pulmonary rehab, an underutilized treatment for people living with COPD.

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Resources

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/297664-overview

Pulmonary Rehabilitation https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/319885-overview

Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease 2023 Report: GOLD Executive Summary https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36858443/

Association Between Initiation of Pulmonary Rehabilitation After Hospitalization for COPD and 1-Year Survival Among Medicare Beneficiaries https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32396181/

Cost-effectiveness of Pulmonary Rehabilitation Among US Adults With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35731514/

Survival After Inpatient or Outpatient Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Patients With Fibrotic Interstitial Lung Disease: A Multicentre Retrospective Cohort Study https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34462346/

Trends in VA Telerehabilitation Patients and Encounters Over Time and by Rurality https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30983852/

Telerehabilitation for Chronic Respiratory Disease https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33511633/

Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation https://www.pulmonaryfibrosis.org/