Efficacy of preoperative comprehensive pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with lung cancer

CONCLUSIONS: Thus, pulmonary rehabilitation before lung cancer surgery is potentially an attractive technique for optimizing preoperative exercise capacity, dyspnea sensation and psychological status and conceivably, in turn, reducing postoperative respiratory complications.

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Source: European Respiratory Journal - November 7, 2016 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Yilmaz Kaymaz, D., Ergün, P., Candemir, I., Gülhan, S. E., Findik, G., Demir, N., Tasdemir, F., Egesel, N., Sengül, F. Tags: 1.2 Rehabilitation and Chronic Care Source Type: research