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Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Asthma

Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Asthma. Pulmonary Rehabilitation. A well-established and widely accepted therapeutic tool that improves the quality of life and functional capacity of patients with chronic lung disease

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Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Asthma

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  1. Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Asthma

  2. Pulmonary Rehabilitation • A well-established and widely accepted therapeutic tool that improves the quality of life and functional capacity of patients with chronic lung disease • Bronchial asthma is one of the most common pulmonary disorders referred for pulmonary rehabilitation in centers where this is available.

  3. Optimal Asthma Rehabilitation Program • Child and family education of the pathophysiology, symptoms and treatment of asthma • Objective measures for patients/family to assess the severity of asthma and monitor results of a comprehensive pharmacologic treatment

  4. Optimal Asthma Rehabilitation Program • Specific exercise prescriptions to prevent the physical deconditioning common in asthmatics • Preventive/environmental controls to avoid acute exacerbation.

  5. Breathing exercises for asthma- Holloway EA, Lasserson TJ Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2004 • A review looked at the evidence for the effectiveness of breathing retraining for patients with asthma. • Comparisons and conclusions were difficult to evaluate as treatment interventions and outcome measurements from the seven trials varied considerably. • No reliable conclusions can be drawn concerning the use of breathing exercises for asthma in clinical practice.

  6. Physical training for asthma - Ram FSF, Robinson SM, Black PN, Picot J. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2005 • A systematic review on physical training for asthma, done on subjects 8 years and older, concluded that though it can improve cardiopulmonary fitness, it had no effect on resting lung function or the number of days of wheeze. • It is not known whether improved fitness is translated into improved quality of life.

  7. Consensus recommendation • Pulmonary rehabilitation may be incorporated into the long-term management and care of children with asthma, especially in centers where this is available.

  8. Area of concern • More studies are needed on the effect of pulmonary rehabilitation among children with asthma, including full descriptions of treatment methods and outcome measurements such as quality of life, changes in symptoms, exercise tolerance, frequency and duration of exacerbations

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