Pulmonary rehab should be offered to all COPD patients

All COPD patients should be offered pulmonary rehabilitation regardless of their disease severity, according to the first-ever pulmonary rehabilitation guidelines for Australia and New Zealand. The evidence-based guidelines launched at the the TSANZSRS meeting in Canberra were drawn up following a systematic review of over 275 clinical trials, complement existing local resources such as Lung Foundation Australia’s Pulmonary ...