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Home-Based Prescribed Pulmonary Exercise in Patients with Stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Published on: August 24, 2019
[A palliative care approach of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease]
Lisa Hentsch1,2, Sebastian Carballo1, Jean-Paul Janssens3
1Service de médecine interne générale, Département de médecine interne générale, de réhabilitation et de gériatrie, HUG, 1211 Genève 14.
Abstract:
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a frequent, progressive and lethal disease. As opposed to other chronic illnesses, such as cardio-vascular diseases, the prevalence of COPD is still on the rise. It is now well documented that these patients can present many invalidating symptoms towards the end of their life. The aim of a palliative approach for patients living with advanced COPD is to decrease the impact of symptoms and offer a pluridisciplinary approach so as to maintain the best possible quality of life.
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