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Association Between Initiation of Pulmonary Rehabilitation After Hospitalization for COPD and 1-Year Survival Among Medicare Beneficiaries.
JAMA
May 2020
Pulmonary and Critical Care Division, Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Hartford, Connecticut.
Importance: Meta-analyses have suggested that initiating pulmonary rehabilitation after an exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) was associated with improved survival, although the number of patients studied was small and heterogeneity was high. Current guidelines recommend that patients enroll in pulmonary rehabilitation after hospital discharge.
Objective: To determine the association between the initiation of pulmonary rehabilitation within 90 days of hospital discharge and 1-year survival.
Medical Director Responsibilities for Outpatient Pulmonary Rehabilitation Programs in the United States: 2019: A STATEMENT FOR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS FROM THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CARDIOVASCULAR AND PULMONARY REHABILITATION (AACVPR).
J Cardiopulm Rehabil Prev
May 2020
Sleep Medicine and Lung Health Consultants, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Dr Carlin); The Ohio State University, Columbus (Dr Bauldoff); University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago (Dr Collins); University of California San Francisco, San Francisco (Mr Garvey); University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada (Dr Marciniuk); University of California San Diego, San Diego (Dr Ries and Ms Limberg); and University of Connecticut, Hartford (Dr ZuWallack).
Clinical guidelines have been developed recognizing pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) as a key component in the management of patients with chronic lung disease. The medical director of a PR program is a key player in every program and is a requirement for operation of the program. The medical director must be a licensed physician who has experience in respiratory physiology management.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMeasured Physical Activity and 30-Day Rehospitalization in Heart Failure Patients.
J Cardiopulm Rehabil Prev
March 2017
University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington (Drs Waring and Gross); and Congestive Heart Failure Unit (Dr Soucier) and Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (Dr ZuWallack), Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Hartford, Connecticut.
Background: Patients hospitalized with decompensated heart failure are at high risk for readmission within 30 days of discharge. Since physical inactivity is associated with increased health care utilization in other diseases, it may predict rehospitalization in heart failure.
Methods: In a single-center, prospective study, physical activity was measured following hospital discharge using an accelerometer on the wrist.
Effectiveness of Repeated Courses of Pulmonary Rehabilitation on Functional Exercise Capacity in Patients With COPD.
J Cardiopulm Rehabil Prev
March 2016
Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Norwalk Hospital, Norwalk, Connecticut (Drs Atabaki and Fine, Ms Haggerty, and Mr Yu); Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Hartford, Connecticut (Ms Marolda and Dr ZuWallack); and Center for Public Health and Health Policy, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington (Ms Wakefield).
Purpose: To determine whether an as-needed repeated pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) intervention produces a clinically important improvement in exercise capacity.
Methods: The study included a retrospective analysis of characteristics and 6-minute walk distance (6MWD) of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who completed PR at 2 centers. Data were abstracted from all patients with COPD completing 2 courses of rehabilitation and those of randomly sampled patients completing only 1 course of PR.
Clinical competency guidelines for pulmonary rehabilitation professionals: position statement of the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation.
J Cardiopulm Rehabil Prev
May 2015
Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital and University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois (Dr Collins); Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio (Drs Bauldoff and Emery); Allegheny Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Dr Carlin), Duke University, Durham, North Carolina (Dr Crouch); Seton Medical Center, Daly City, California (Ms Garvey); John Muir Health, Concord, California (Ms Hilling); University of California at San Diego, California (Ms. Limberg); St. Francis Hospital Medical Center, Hartford, Connecticut (Dr ZuWallack); and Providence VA Medical Center and Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island (Dr Nici).
The American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR) recognizes that interdisciplinary health care professionals providing pulmonary rehabilitation services need to have certain core competencies. This statement updates the previous clinical competency guidelines for pulmonary rehabilitation professionals, and it complements the AACVPR's Guidelines for Pulmonary Rehabilitation Programs. These competencies provide a common core of 13 professional and clinical competencies inclusive of multiple academic and clinical disciplines.
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