Who needs to know?
- Providers of Pulmonary Rehabilitation (PR).
- Patients admitted to hospital with an acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
What have we found?
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PR delivered within a month of hospital discharge following an exacerbation of COPD is safe. Early PR can improve prognosis by addressing risk factors for further exacerbations (e.g. low exercise tolerance).
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The safety and efficacy of exercise training during the hospitalisation episode itself remains uncertain.