[Effect of a 2-year pulmonary rehabilitation on the 7-year prognosis in patients with advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease].

Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) improve the quality of life in COPD patients, however, little has been known whether it may improve the survival. We assessed 7-year prognosis in 46 patients with advanced COPD, 27 of which completed successfully 2-year course of PR whereas 19 COPD patients made a control (C) group. At the end of 7-year observation 41.

[Oxygen saturation at rest, on exercise and during sleep in COPD patients undergoing pulmonary rehabilitation program. Two years prospective controlled study].

The role of pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) in COPD patients is well established. However, the PR programs includes physical exercise that may deteriorate chronic hypoxemia. The objective of the study was to evaluate impact of a long term PR program on oxygen saturation at rest, on exercise and during sleep in COPD patients no receiving supplemental oxygenation.

[Comparison of 14-day rehabilitation and oxygen therapy on exercise tolerance and percutaneous oxygen saturation in patients with advanced COPD].

Unlabelled: Whether rehabilitation may be as beneficial as oxygen therapy (T) in the management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is still not known. The aim of the was to compare the effects of T or R on exercise tolerance (ET) and percutaneous oxygen saturation (SO2) at rest and at the peak exercise in 21 patients with COPD (FEV1, 1.29 L +/- 0.

[The impact of 2-year rehabilitation on exercise tolerance and transcutaneous oxygen saturation during exercise in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease].

We compared results of symptom-limited exercise test (ET) and percutaneous oxygen saturation (SaO2) during ET in rehabilitated COPD patients (R) and in control COPD patients (C) before and after 2 years of study. Group of R consisted of 27 patients (FVC 2.15 l, FEV1 1.

[Respiratory rehabilitation of patients with chronic obstructive lung diseases in the subjective and objective evaluation].

An intensive 14 day respiratory rehabilitation program was carried out in 24 COPD patients of mean age 66.0 +/- 10.0 yrs (FVC 1.