Pulmonary Rehabilitation - Guidelines

Guidelines

Clinical practice guidelines have been issued by various regulatory authorities.

  • American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) and the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation has provided evidence-based guidelines in 1997 and has updated it.
  • British Thoracic Society Standards of Care (BTS) Subcommittee on Pulmonary Rehabilitation has published its guidelines in 2001.
  • Canadian Thoracic Society (CTS) 2010 Guideline: Optimizing pulmonary rehabilitation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
  • National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Guidelines

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