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Developing the model of pulmonary rehabilitation for chronic heart failure.
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PMID:  22094450     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and chronic heart failure (CHF) commonly suffer from exertional symptoms of breathlessness and fatigue. The similar systemic manifestations of the conditions, including skeletal muscle dysfunction, are a major contributing factor to the limitation in exercise capacity. A period of exercise training has been shown to improve exercise performance and health-related quality of life for both conditions. Exercise training is a key component of pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) which is now a standard of care for patients with COPD and is symptom based. Although it may be assumed that patients with CHF could be incorporated into cardiac rehabilitation, this is predominantly a secondary prevention programme for patients who are largely asymptomatic. It has been shown that patients with CHF can be successfully trained together with patients with COPD by the same therapists within PR. There are comparable outcome measures that can be used for both COPD and CHF. Many patients with CHF still do not have access to an exercise rehabilitation programme and incorporating them into the PR model of care could be one solution. This article reviews the (1) similar symptoms, mechanisms and consequences between COPD and CHF, (2) rationale and evidence for exercise training in CHF, (3) model of PR, (4) safety of exercise training in CHF, (5) evidence for combined exercise rehabilitation for CHF and COPD, (6) adaptations necessary to include patients with CHF into PR, (7) the chronic care model and (8) summary.
Authors:
Rachael A Evans
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Chronic respiratory disease     Volume:  8     ISSN:  1479-9731     ISO Abbreviation:  Chron Respir Dis     Publication Date:  2011  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-11-18     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101197408     Medline TA:  Chron Respir Dis     Country:  England    
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Languages:  eng     Pagination:  259-69     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
West Park Healthcare Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Glenfield Hospital, University of Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK.
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