Journal article
Acute Exacerbations of COPD in Subjects Completing Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Improvements in health status following pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) diminish with time. Acute exacerbations of COPD (AECOPDs) negatively impact adherence after PR and likely accelerate this diminution of benefit. This study was designed to characterize the pre-AECOPD status of patients with moderate or severe COPD who had completed PR, and then to measure the impact of AECOPDs on health-related quality of life (HRQL) and …
Authors
Carr SJ; Goldstein RS; Brooks D
Journal
CHEST Journal, Vol. 132, No. 1, pp. 127–134
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
July 2007
DOI
10.1378/chest.07-0269
ISSN
0012-3692