ABSTRACT

Pulmonary rehabilitation programmes are now a fundamental part of the clinical management of patients with chronic respiratory diseases. This comprehensive reference book places pulmonary rehabilitation within the wider framework of respiratory disease, and the health burden that this now poses worldwide. Part one of the book examines the evidence

part |2 pages

Part 1 The foundations of pulmonary rehabilitation

part |2 pages

Part 2 Outcome measurement

chapter 14|7 pages

Measurement of dyspnoea

part |2 pages

Part 3 Delivering pulmonary rehabilitation: general aspects

part |2 pages

Part 4 Delivering pulmonary rehabilitation: specific problems

chapter 25|10 pages

Rehabilitation in asthma

chapter 32|9 pages

Long-term oxygen therapy