Publications by authors named "Pastene George"
Outpatient pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis
July 2008
Objective: To evaluate an entirely outpatient-based program of pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease COPD, using St.George's Respiratory questionnaire (SGRQ), the 6-minutes walking test (6-MWT) and BODE index as the primary outcome measures.
Methods: A prospective, parallel-group controlled study of an outpatient rehabilitation program in 80 patients with COPD (67 men and 13 women; mean age 64.