Pay attention to the assessment and pulmonary rehabilitation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease / 中国医师杂志

ABSTRACT

The assessment runs through the diagnosis,treatment and prognosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).Though there are various methods of assessments,many physicians diagnose patients and prescribe medicine homogeneously according to the lung function or clinical manifestations.Therefore,it is necessary to summarize the measurements of COPD,making it be better known to clinic physicians.On the basis of these measurements,physicians can choose the suitable therapeutic schemes to treat COPD patients.In recent years,pulmonary rehabilitation is growing up gradually,which is one of treatment methods for COPD.To popularize knowledge and form complete treatments of pulmonary rehabilitation is still a long way to go,because of unbalanced development,unpopular and monotherapy in China.In order to benefit patients and improve the patients'life quality,we need to promote actively,intensify constantly and practice the pulmonary rehabilitation one by one.