Survival after inpatient or outpatient pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with fibrotic interstitial lung disease: a multicentre retrospective cohort study

Conclusions
Patients with fibrotic ILD who improved physical performance during PR had better survival compared with those who did not improve performance. Confirmation of these hypothesis-generating findings in a randomised controlled trial would be required to definitely change clinical practice, and would further support efforts to improve availability of PR for patients with fibrotic ILD.

Source: Thorax - May 17, 2022 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Guler, S. A., Hur, S. A., Stickland, M. K., Brun, P., Bovet, L., Holland, A. E., Bondarenko, J., Hambly, N., Wald, J., Makhdami, N., Kreuter, M., Gloeckl, R., Jarosch, I., Tan, B., Johannson, K. A., McBride, S. A., De Boer, K., Sandoz, J. S., Sun, K., Ass Tags: Thorax Interstitial lung disease Source Type: research