Pulmonary rehabilitation is a multi-disciplinary approach involving a Pulmonologist, a physiotherapist, a dietician and a psychologist. It is a rehabilitation programme for patients with chronic respiratory diseases with moderate to severe respiratory impairment. A rehabilitation programme is individually tailored for every patient keeping is disease severity and his needs in mind. What will you learn in Pulmonary Rehabilitation? The education part of the program happens both in a clas...

LTOT reverses hypoxaemia and prevents hypoxia, and has been shown to improve life expectancy in patients with chronic lung disease. A British Medical Research Council (MRC) study compared hypoxaemic patients receiving oxygen for 15 h•day-1, including the hours of sleep, with patients receiving no oxygen. This trial demonstrated that oxygen was associated with a significant reduction in mortality. The Nocturnal Oxygen Therapy Trial (NOTT), comparing continuous oxygen therapy (average 19 h•day-1)...