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Pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Author(s) -

Zorica Ćirić,

Ivana Stanković,

Milan Rančić,

Tatjana Pejčić,

M Radović

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

vojnosanitetski pregled

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123

H-Index - 19

eISSN - 2406-0720

pISSN - 0042-8450

DOI - 10.2298/vsp0807533c

Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonary rehabilitation , copd , pulmonary function testing , pulmonary disease , arterial blood , rehabilitation , respiratory system , cardiology , physical therapy , anesthesia

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) irreversibly damages pulmonary function leading to disorder of arterial bloodgases, arterialpartial prescure of oxygen (PaO2) and arterial partial pressure of carbon dioxide (PaCO2), appearance of dyspnea, and decrease of physical condition. The aim of this study was to establish if medical treatment and respiratory rehabilitation in COPD used simultaneously lead to the greater improvement of PaO2, PaCO2 and physical condition and decreaseing dyspnea than medical treatment alone.

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