Pulmonary Rehabilitation

Part 1 THE FOUNDATION OF PULMONARY REHABILITATION

1 A framework for medical rehabilitation: Restoring function and improving quality of life

2 Pulmonary rehabilitation: The development of a scientific discipline

3 Key concepts in pulmonary rehabilitation

4 Enhancing use and delivery of pulmonary rehabilitation

5 Pathophysiological basis, evaluation and rationale of exercise training

6 Education: Realizing the potential for learning in pulmonary rehabilitation

7 Self-management

8 Dual therapy: Pharmacologic management in pulmonary rehabilitation

Part 2 EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT

9 Respiratory muscle function in rehabilitation

10 Peripheral muscles

11 Anxiety and depression in patients with chronic respiratory disease

12 Dyspnoea

13 Nutritional management in pulmonary rehabilitation

14 Balance impairment

Marla K. Beauchamp

15 Monitoring of physical activity

16 Monitoring health status

Part 3 HOW, WHO AND WHERE?

17 Establishing a pulmonary rehabilitation programme

18 Quality assurance and control in pulmonary rehabilitation

19 The ideal candidate

20 Rehabilitation team

21 Modalities of exercise training

22 Physiotherapy and airway clearance

23 Smoking cessation

24 Early rehabilitation following exacerbation of COPD

25 Personalized rehabilitation

26 Pulmonary rehabilitation and primary care

27 Home rehabilitation

28 Telerehabilitation

29 Living with chronic lung disease: The experiences and needs of patients and caregivers

Part 4 NEW APPROACHES TO EXERCISE TRAINING

30 Partitioned aerobic exercise training of ventilatory-limited patients with chronic respiratory disease

31 Whole-body vibration training

32 Neuromuscular electrical stimulation

33 A role for water-based rehabilitation

34 Sedentarism and light-intensity physical activity (in COPD)

Part 5 DISEASES OTHER THAN COPD

35 The multi-morbidity patient

36 Is there any role for pulmonary rehabilitation in asthma?

37 Neuromuscular disorders

Miguel R. Gonçalves and John R. Bach

38 Interstitial lung diseases

39 Management of suppurative lung diseases

40 Rehabilitation in the intensive care unit

41 Chronic respiratory failure – pathophysiology

42 Lung transplantation

43 Lung volume reduction - old and new approaches

Part 6 ADD-ON INTERVENTIONS

44 Supplemental oxygen and heliox

45 Noninvasive ventilation during exercise training

46 COPD patients requiring chronic nocturnal noninvasive ventilation

47 More tools in the toolbox

48 Palliative care and end of life

49 Economical evaluation

Roberto W. Dal Negro and Claudio F. Donner

50 Pulmonary rehabilitation in the integrated care of the chronic respiratory patient

51 Pulmonary rehabilitation in post-acute patients with COVID-19

Biography

Claudio Donner, Nicolino Ambrosino, Roger S. Goldstein

The second edition of "Pulmonary Rehabilitation", by CF Donner, N Ambrosino and RS Goldstein deals with the most recent innovations in the field such as new approaches to exercise training, namely whole-body vibrations and water-based rehabilitation. A section on the  management of lung transplantation, as well as the role of pulmonary rehabilitation in intensive and critical care settings, is undoubtedly providing further insights on these specific arguments. The chapter on COVID-19, the personalized approach to and the role of pulmonary rehabilitation in palliative care are examples of novelties in the field. Professionals seeking to improve their specific knowledge on pulmonary rehabilitation should have this book on their bookcase and when reading it, thinking about the significant value of human cooperation. Looking at the contributors of this edition, we are in the presence of recognized clinical experts in their field, and we stand proudly with them in appreciating their work.

Massimiliano Polastri

Medical Department of Continuity of Care and Disability,

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, St. Orsola University

Hospital, Bologna, Italy

Stefano Nava

Department of Clinical, Integrated and Experimental

Medicine (DIMES), University of Bologna, and Respiratory and

Critical Care Unit, St. Orsola University Hospital, Bologna, Italy

 

 

The second edition of Pulmonary Rehabilitation edited by Donner, Ambrosino, and Goldstein is a welcome, timely, and comprehensive reference that draws upon an international roster of experts and rising stars in pulmonary rehabilitation. This book will prove to be an excellent source of information for both practitioners and investigators with extensive documentation and timely references focused on new reports since publication of the first edition in 2005. Topics span the past, present, and future horizons of this rapidly emerging field, and are particularly relevant to the transformational changes in the world and in healthcare resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Of particular interest in the COVID-19 era that seriously compromised traditional outpatient programs is the discussion of new approaches to expand the reach of pulmonary rehabilitation to the home and via the potential use of telerehabilitation, and even a timely chapter on pulmonary rehabilitation in patients recovering from COVID-19. Overall, this book is well worthwhile as a reference for current pulmonary rehabilitation practices as well as for new ideas and horizons in this rapidly emerging field.

Andrew Ries
Department of Medicine and Family Medicine and Public Health, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA