Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Patients Undergoing Lung-Volume Reduction Surgery
Abstract
Bartels MN, Kim H, Whiteson JH, Alba AS. Pulmonary rehabilitation in patients undergoing lung-volume reduction surgery.
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the most common form of primary pulmonary disability. Few effective treatment options exist for it, but recently, lung-volume reduction surgery (LVRS) has been shown to be effective in selected patients with emphysema. Pulmonary rehabilitation is an integral part of the preparation for and recovery from the procedure and has significant benefit in helping to improve the quality of life and conditioning of patients with COPD who undergo LVRS.
Overall Article Objectives
(a) To describe the role of pulmonary rehabilitation in LVRS, (b) to understand the components of a comprehensive pulmonary rehabilitation program, and (c) to describe the effects of a pulmonary rehabilitation program.
aRehabilitation Medicine Department, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY
bPediatric Rehabilitation Medicine, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, PA
cRusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
Reprint requests to Matthew N. Bartels, MD, MPH, Rehab Med Dept, 630 W 168th St, Unit #38, New York, NY 10032
Supported in part by the Vidda Foundation.
No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the author(s) or upon any organization with which the author(s) is/are associated.
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