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Home-Based Prescribed Pulmonary Exercise in Patients with Stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Published on: August 24, 2019
Palliation in chronic respiratory disease
1Queen Mary's Sidcup NHS Trust, Kent, UK.
Abstract:
Prognosis in severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is poor, and it is increasingly accepted that such patients need good palliative care. This paper reviews the medical management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and also discusses the place of long-term oxygen therapy. A multidisciplinary programme termed 'pulmonary rehabilitation' is being used increasingly, and, although this probably does not improve survival, there is evidence that it increases quality of life. The drug treatment of dyspnoea has been disappointing, but close attention to psychosocial aspects can improve mobility and control. The place of palliation in a number of other chronic lung conditions is also mentioned.
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