What is Pulmonary Rehabilitation?

Patients undergoing pulmonary rehabilitation often suffer from chronic lung diseases such as COPD, chronic asthma, or after lung surgery.

Goals

• Improve physical fitness and endurance. • Improve quality of life. • Help patients live better with their disease. • Reduce hospital admissions and length of stay. • Reduce disease exacerbations.

Ideal Candidtaes

• COPD • Dyspnea • Cystic fibrosis • Interstitial lung disease • Pulmonary hypertension • Post-thoracic surgery disorders

Benefits

Pulmonary rehabilitation reduces symptoms, improves exercise capacity, and enhances quality of life even in patients with irreversible structural lung changes.