[Easy come, easy go? Current strategies for maintaining the effects of pulmonary rehabilitation in COPD patients]. / Wie gewonnen, so zerronnen?

Easy come, easy go? Current strategies for maintaining the effects of pulmonary rehabilitation in COPD patients Abstract. Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) is a comprehensive treatment method in the non-drug management of chronic respiratory diseases. Most evident data exists for COPD patients. However, the effect of PR is no longer detectable after 6 to 12 months, unless the patient participates in a kind of maintenance program following PR. But the contents of such a maintenance program are still unclear in terms of duration, location, methods and intensity. They are still subject of current research. Therefore concrete recommendations are still missing and further studies are necessary. This review aims to give an overview of the existing results in this field.

[Fresh air for weakened lungs - pulmonary rehabilitation in Switzerland 2019]. / Frische Luft für geschwächte Lungen ­ die pneumologische Rehabilitation in der Schweiz 2019.

Fresh air for weakened lungs - pulmonary rehabilitation in Switzerland 2019 Abstract. Pulmonary rehabilitation traditionally plays an important role in the treatment of chronic pulmonary diseases in Switzerland. There is a good availability of pulmonary rehabilitation with 17 centers offering inpatient pulmonary rehabilitation across the country. There is good evidence that pulmonary rehabilitation is not only effective but also cost-effective, especially for the indication of COPD but also for other chronic pulmonary diseases. According to the GOLD guidelines there is an undersupply of COPD patients with pulmonary rehabilitation in Switzerland. Pulmonary rehabilitation is not only limited to the improvement of physical exercise, but also covers all the important aspects for an individual to function in everyday life. Though the daily costs for pulmonary rehabilitation are only a fourth to a thirth of the costs in a hospital. Offering pulmonary rehabilitation to the patients who also have an indication for it lies in the responsibility of the admitting doctors, the insurances and the patients themselves, who need to bring a basic motivation to participate in pulmonary rehabilitation.