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Review
. 2019 Jul;74(7):693-699.
doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2018-212044. Epub 2019 Mar 14.

Pulmonary rehabilitation, physical activity, respiratory failure and palliative respiratory care

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Pulmonary rehabilitation, physical activity, respiratory failure and palliative respiratory care

Martijn A Spruit et al. Thorax. 2019 Jul.

Abstract

The CIRO Academy in Horn (the Netherlands) organised a 2-day meeting to present and discuss the studies published in 2017 pertaining to key priority areas of respiratory and critical care medicine. This review summarises studies focussing on pulmonary rehabilitation and exercise training, physical activity, chronic respiratory failure and palliative respiratory care published in 2017.

Keywords: exercise; long-term oxygen therapy; palliative care; pulmonary rehabilitation.

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Competing interests: JRC, MD, MJJ, KK, SN, FP, MS, CLR, AMWJS and MAS have nothing to disclose. MD reports personal fees from Philips, ResMed, Weinmann, Heinen und Löwenstein, Fisher and grants from ResMed, outside the submitted work. FMEF reports personal fees from AstraZeneca, Chiesi, GlaxoSmithKline, Boehringer Ingelheim, Novartis and TEVA, outside the submitted work. NH is on the Pulmonary Research Advisory Board for Philips. NH’s research group has received unrestricted grants (managed by Guy’s) and Philips-Respironics is contributing to the development of the MYOTRACE technology. DJAJ reports personal fees from AstraZeneca, Novartis, Boehringer Ingelheim, GlaxoSmithKline and Mayne Pharma, outside the submitted work.

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