Development and implementation of the lung volume reduction pulmonary rehabilitation tool to identify eligibility for lung volume reduction in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease during pulmonary rehabilitation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Completion of pulmonary rehabilitation is recognised in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) guidelines as a key opportunity to consider systematically whether a respiratory review to assess potential suitability for a lung volume reduction (LVR) procedure might be appropriate. We describe the development of a simple decision-support tool (the LVR-PR tool) to aid clinicians working in pulmonary rehabilitation, to operationalise this process.

Methods

We took an iterative mixed methods approach, which was partnership-based and involved an initial consensus survey, focus groups and an observational study cohort at multiple pulmonary rehabilitation centres.

Results

Diagnosis (97%), exercise capacity (84%), breathlessness (78%) and co-morbidities (76%) w

SUBMITTER: Buttery SC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10475255 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature