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Clinical InvestigationsCOPDIn-Hospital Short-term Training Program for Patients With Chronic Airway Obstruction
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Materials and Methods
Patients gave their informed consent to the study, which was approved by the Ethical Committee of Salvatore Maugeri Foundation
Results
Of 395 CAO patients admitted to the hospital and 96 patients admitted to the day-hospital–based outpatient PRP between July 1, 1998 and June 30, 1999, 43 pairs of patients met the inclusion criteria of matching and were therefore included in our study.
Discussion
This retrospective case-control study has demonstrated that in CAO patients, an inpatient PRP, delivered during a shorter time interval, can provide the same improvement in exercise tolerance and reduction in dyspnea as a longer outpatient PRP while reducing the health-care costs of providing the program.
The role of PRP in improving the health status of these patients has been widely recognized, and guidelines for rehabilitation have been published.919 Our study confirms the positive effects of
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Received December 12, 2000; revision accepted May 15, 2001.