Posts Tagged ‘chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)’
Pulmonary Care, What It Is And How It Helps You Recover
Pulmonary care therapies are offered as both inpatient and outpatient services as well as in skilled nursing care facilities. Inpatient care involves critically ill patients with multiorgan system disease and requires the ability to synthesize large amounts of data. The skilled medical staff also coordinates care with other disciplines. Pulmonary Care: What Is…
Read MoreChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Smoking Main Cause Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a very serious disorder that damages the lungs and affects the ability to breathe. The cause is usually from cigarette smoke, but can also be from breathing in all kinds of fine particles of polluted air in a factory. In some countries where people use open…
Read MorePulmonary Rehabilitation (PR)
Pulmonary Rehabilitation (PR) is mainly for people who have chronic breathing problems like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) also known as emphysema, cystic fibrosis, sarcoidosis and more. PR can be part of an out-patient treatment clinic at a hospital. PR can also be also be offered at home, although many patients will opt for treatment…
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