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Pulmonary Rehabilitation 
Pulmonary Rehab is a multidisciplinary approach to patients with debilitating pulmonary disease. The pulmonary disease often creates a significant deficit in the patient’s ability to carry functional tasks.
Program goals include:
Decrease in symptoms
Improvement in psychosocial status
Enhancement in ability to perform activities of daily living
Increase in knowledge of self-care skills and disease management
Reduction in hospitalization and length of stay with readmissions
Conditions Appropriate for Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Obstructive Disease
COPD
Asthma
Asthmatic Bronchitis
Emphysema
Bronchiectasis
Cystic fibrosis
Restrictive Disease
Interstitial Fibrosis
Rheumatoid Pulmonary Disease
Collagen Vascular Lung Disease
Pneumoconiosis
Sarcoidosis
Kyphoscoliosis
Rheumatoid Spondylitis
Severe Obesity
Poliomyelitis
Other Conditions
Pulmonary Vascular Disease
Long Resection
Lung Transplantation
Occupational / Environmental Lung Disease
For more information about Pulmonary Rehabilitation, please contact program director, Brenda Freels, RN, at (270) 298-5426 |
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