CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE (COPD): PULMONARY REHABILITATION

NATIONAL GUIDELINE CLEARINGHOUSE™ (NGC)
GUIDELINE SYNTHESIS
CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE (COPD): PULMONARY REHABILITATION
GUIDELINES BEING COMPARED

► 1. American College of Chest Physicians/American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (ACCP/AACVPR). Pulmonary rehabilitation: joint ACCP/AACVPR evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. Chest 2007 May;131(5 Suppl):4S-42S. [211 references]
http://www.guideline.gov/summary/summary.aspx?doc_id=10856&nbr=005669


► 2. Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD). Global strategy for the diagnosis, management, and prevention of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Bethesda (MD): Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD); 2009. 93 p. [447 references]
http://www.guideline.gov/summary/summary.aspx?doc_id=15555&nbr=007632


► 3. Singapore Ministry of Health (SMOH). Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Singapore: Singapore Ministry of Health; 2006 Oct. 84 p. [155 references]
http://www.guideline.gov/summary/summary.aspx?doc_id=10223&nbr=005386


► 4. Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Defense (VA/DoD). VA/DoD clinical practice guideline for management of outpatient chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Washington (DC): Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Defense; 2007. 138 p.
http://www.guideline.gov/summary/summary.aspx?doc_id=12925&nbr=006639

TABLE OF CONTENTS
AREAS OF AGREEMENT AND DIFFERENCE
COMPARISON OF RECOMMENDATIONS

GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS
PATIENT SELECTION
EXERCISE TRAINING
NUTRITIONAL INTERVENTIONS/COUNSELING
EDUCATION
PSYCHOSOCIAL/BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS
FOLLOW-UP
STRENGTH OF EVIDENCE AND RECOMMENDATION GRADING SCHEMES
METHODOLOGY
SOURCE(S) OF FUNDING
BENEFITS AND HARMS
CONTRAINDICATIONS
ABBREVIATIONS

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