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British Thoracic Society Guideline on Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Adults
 
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Nottingham Respiratory Research Unit, University of Nottingham, City Hospital campus, Nottingham, UK
 
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Department of Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Worcestershire Royal Hospital, Worcester, UK
 
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Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital Aintree, Liverpool, UK
 
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Patient representative, Mansfield, UK
 
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Department of Respiratory Infection and Medicine, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK
 
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Pulmonary Rehabilitation Department, Kings College NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
 
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Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester, UK
 
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Respiratory Medicine, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle, UK
 
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Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK
 
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Department of Respiratory Medicine, NIHR Biomedical Research Unit for Advanced Lung Disease, Harefield, UK
 
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Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital Llandough, Penarth, S Wales, UK
 
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Respiratory Medicine, Whipps Cross Hospital, London, UK
 
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Department of Cardiac/Pulmonary Rehabilitation, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK
 
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Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK
 
 
Pneumon 2018;31(2):81
 
British Thoracic Society Pulmonary Rehabilitation Guideline Development Group, on behalf of the British Thoracic Society Standards of Care Committee

ABSTRACT
  • Pulmonary rehabilitation should be offered to patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with a view to improving exercise capacity by a clinically important amount. (Grade A)
  • Pulmonary rehabilitation should be offered to patients with COPD with a view to improving dyspnoea and health status by a clinically important amount. (Grade A)
  • Different components within a pulmonary rehabilitation programme, such as resistance training, can influence quadriceps strength and this is addressed in the section ‘Nature of training of these guidelines’. (√)
  • Pulmonary rehabilitation should be offered to patients with COPD with a view to improving psychological wellbeing. (Grade A)
  • As a minimum, efficacy of pulmonary rehabilitation programmes needs to be regularly assessed by demonstrating clinically important improvements in exercise capacity, dyspnoea and health status. (Grade B)
  • As part of regular assessment, patient satisfaction and feedback should be sought. (√)
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