What does PR stand for?

16) Pulmonary rehabilitation is an integral part of the recovery from LVRS and is recommended as a component of care in current practice guidelines because of the resultant improvement in conditioning and quality of life.

The charity says waiting times for pulmonary rehabilitation in North Wales vary from six weeks in Bangor to 13 months in Wrexham.

Jones, PhD, titled "Helium-Hyperoxia, a novel intervention to improve the benefits of pulmonary rehabilitation for patients with COPD.

These include: pathology/aetiology (this is fairly limited in detail though supported with some useful diagrams), assessment and diagnosis, pharmacological management (covered in detail), managing exacerbations, managing secondary respiratory failure, smoking/cessation, holistic issues (excellent chapter looking at issues ranging from psychosocial impact, impact on family, symptom management, complementary therapies, nutrition and end of life/palliative care), domiciliary oxygen therapy and pulmonary rehabilitation (a small chapter at the end of the book which really is just an overview of the goals, setting up of and components of a programme).

Dr Syed Arshad, of the University of Southampton, said: "What they are doing is very similar to the kind of exercises we suggest for pulmonary rehabilitation in older patients.

Dr Syed Arshad, of the University of Southampton, said: What they are doing is very similar to the kind of exercises we suggest for pulmonary rehabilitation in older patients.

We are so lucky to have a community pulmonary rehabilitation service that is really accessible to patients with no barriers between hospital and primary care.

A six-week course at Bargoed's YMCA, run by the Pulmonary Rehabilitation Team, to help chest complaint sufferers with exercise, advice and support has recently been completed.