Description
Book SynopsisThis book provides up-to-date knowledge on almost all aspects of the multidisciplinary approach to pulmonary rehabilitation. The book advises on how to open a pulmonary rehabilitation program, how to evaluate the chronic lung patients for their fitness level, to prescribe exercises, how to tackle aspects like end-of-life care and provides information about telemedicine rehabilitation in the COVID-19 era. The book also covers subjects of interest like the history and future of pulmonary rehabilitation, smoking cessation, physiology of the skeletal muscle, airways clearing, medication, oxygenotherapy and special consideration for elderly patients with co-morbidities. There are evidence-based explanations regarding all these aspects that will benefit respirologists who have an interest in pulmonary rehabilitation, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, doctors in training, respiratory nurses, and family medicine physicians. Furthermore, the contributors are professionals with experience in pulmonary rehabilitation in major rehabilitation centres around the world who are known for their research, teaching and publishing on the international arena.
Table of ContentsPreface; Short History of Pulmonary Rehabilitation; Skeletal Muscle Dysfunction in Respiratory Diseases; How to Establish a Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program: The Basics; Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Chronic Lung Diseases Other than COPD; Telemedicine and Other Internet-Based Methods to Deliver Pulmonary Rehabilitation; Chronic Lung Diseases and Comorbidities Special Consideration in the Elderly Population; Airways Clearance Therapy; Incorporating Smoking Cessation Strategies into Pulmonary Rehabilitation; Therapeutic Oxygen and Pulmonary Rehabilitation; Importance of Nutritional Assessment and Management in patients with COPD During a Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program; Psychological, Social and Behavioral Considerations in Pulmonary Rehabilitation; Pharmacological Interventions in COPD; End of Life Care and the Ethical Dimension of Caring for Patients with Chronic Lung Disease; Pulmonary Rehabilitation in the World of COVID-19 pandemic; Going Forward: What is in Store for the Future?; Annex; Index.
