Australian and New Zealand Pulmonary Rehabilitation Guidelines

Respirology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 800-819

  Alison, Jennifer A ^a,b   McKeough, Zoe J ^a   Johnston, Kylie ^c   McNamara, Renae J ^d   Spencer, Lissa M ^e   Jenkins, Sue C ^f,g,h   Hill, Catherine J ^i,j   McDonald, Vanessa M ^k   Frith, Peter ^c,l   Cafarella, Paul ^m,n   Brooke, Michelle ^o   Cameron Tucker, Helen L ^p,q,r   Candy, Sarah ^s   Cecins, Nola ^f   Chan, Andrew S L ^t,u   Dale, Marita T ^v   Dowman, Leona M ⁱ   Granger, Catherine ^w,x   Halloran, Simon ^s   Jung, Peter ^y   Lee, Annemarie L ^z   Leung, Regina ^aa   Matulick, Tamara ^ab   Osadnik, Christian ^ac   Roberts, Mary ^ad,ae   Walsh, James ^af,ag   Wootton, Sally ^ah   Holland, Anne E ^j,s,z   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b SYDNEY LOCAL HEALTH DISTRICT   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g Institute for Respiratory Health   (Australia)

^h CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

ⁱ AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^j INSTITUTE FOR BREATHING AND SLEEP   (Australia)

^k UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^l FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^m REPATRIATION GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

ⁿ FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^o Shoalhaven District Memorial Hospital   (Australia)

^p ROYAL HOBART HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^q Centre of Research Excellence for Chronic Respiratory Disease and Lung Aging   (Australia)

^r UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^s Royal North Shore Hospital ^*  (Australia)

^t ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^u UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^v ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^w UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^x ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^y NORTHERN HEALTH   (Australia)

^z LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^aa ANZAC Research Institute   (Australia)

^ab ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^ac MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^ad WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^ae WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^af THE PRINCE CHARLES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^ag GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^ah Alfred Health ^*  (Australia)

more..

Author keywords

bronchiectasis; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; exercise and pulmonary rehabilitation; guidelines; interstitial lung disease

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BRONCHIECTASIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; EXERCISE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; NEW ZEALAND; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; PULMONARY REHABILITATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HOSPITALIZATION; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE;

AUSTRALIA; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 85017318459     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/resp.13025     Document Type: Article

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