Pulmonary rehabilitation following exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2016, Issue 12, 2016, Pages

  Puhan, Milo A ^a   Gimeno Santos, Elena ^b   Cates, Christopher J ^c   Troosters, Thierry ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^c ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d KU LEUVEN DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY QUESTIONNAIRE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL OUTCOME; COMMUNITY CARE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DYSPNEA; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; META ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY REHABILITATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SHUTTLE WALK TEST; SIX MINUTE WALK TEST; ST. GEORGE RESPIRATORY QUESTIONNAIRE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; DISEASE COURSE; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; MORTALITY; PROCEDURES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESISTANCE TRAINING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

DISEASE PROGRESSION; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; PATIENT READMISSION; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESISTANCE TRAINING;

EID: 85003545091     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD005305.pub4     Document Type: Review

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