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This month’s issue of Respiratory Care contains the papers from the 60th Journal Conference, Pulmonary Rehabilitation: Current Evidence and Future Directions. The papers include transcripts of the discussions following each presentation as the faculty debate the unsettled issues. The Journal is grateful to the faculty for their expertise.
MacIntyre reviews the relatively brief history of pulmonary rehabilitation (PR), describes the current state of the art, and looks at future challenges. He notes that the evidence base for PR is robust and its use is cost effective. Yet, referral of patients to PR remains dismally infrequent for a host of reasons. He suggests that more focused and personalized exercise programs and monitoring strategies that encourage a patient’s lifetime commitment to the principles of PR need to be developed and refined.
Nici describes functional losses and the benefits of exercise in chronic respiratory disease. She notes that exercise limitation is a characteristic feature of chronic respiratory disease and is associated with poor outcome including decreased functional status and health-related quality of life, and increased mortality. She reviews the mechanisms responsible for …
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