Pulmonary rehabilitation and palliative care in COPD: Two sides of the same coin?
| Autor: | Linda Nici, Alison Lane Reticker, Richard ZuWallack |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Respiratory Therapy medicine.medical_specialty COPD Palliative care business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Palliative Care Psychological intervention medicine.disease Integrated care Pulmonary Disease Chronic Obstructive Dyspnea Quality of life (healthcare) Ambulatory care Quality of Life Humans Medicine Pulmonary rehabilitation business Intensive care medicine Curative care |
| Zdroj: | Chronic Respiratory Disease. 9:107-116 |
| ISSN: | 1479-9731 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1479972312441379 |
| Popis: | Pulmonary rehabilitation and palliative care are two important components of the integrated care of the patient with chronic respiratory disease such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). These two interventions are remarkably similar in many respects. Both utilize a multidisciplinary team that focuses on the specific needs of the individual patient. Care in both is goal defined and includes relief of symptoms and improvements in functional status and quality of life. Pulmonary rehabilitation is commonly given in a specific setting, such as a hospital-based outpatient setting, while palliative care is often hospital based, with its services extending into the home setting in the form of hospice. Components of pulmonary rehabilitation and palliative care should be administered as part of good medical care. Both pulmonary rehabilitation and palliative care are currently underutilized in the respiratory patient, and often provided relatively late in the patient’s clinical course. The case provided illustrates the often-overwhelming symptom burden of advanced COPD and demonstrates opportunities for the application of these twin interventions. |
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