Respiratory Therapy

It is a program that improves the functional level and independence in activities of daily living, as well as increasing the effectiveness of standard medical treatment applied to chronic (chronic) lung patients.

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Pulmonary rehabilitation is an art, skill and physiology practice provided by multiple clinical disciplines to prevent or correct functional disability for Lung diseases.

 

The aim of respiratory therapy is to reduce respiratory symptoms and complications, to reduce respiratory workload, to improve respiratory function, to return arterial blood gases to normal values, to reduce dyspnea, to increase effective energy use, to regulate nutrition, to ensure sufficiency of the individual in daily life activities, to improve exercise performance, to improve patient performance. To develop a positive perspective on the patient's condition, to improve the emotional state, to ensure the use and compliance of medication, to reduce the frequency of hospital admissions and hospitalizations, to reduce health-related expenditures, to prolong life, and to increase the quality of life of the patient and his family.

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In which diseases is pulmonary rehabilitation applied?

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• COPD (Chronic bronchitis and emphysema)

• Cystic fibrosis and bonchiectasis

• Asthma

• Respiratory failures before and after surgical interventions  

• Respiratory failures due to chest wall diseases

• Respiratory failures due to neurological muscle diseases

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What is the Purpose of the Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program?

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• Reducing symptoms and disease-related complications

• To enable the patient to use his/her capacity in daily living activities

• Increasing exercise tolerance

• Build self-confidence and independence

• Reducing psychosocial symptoms (anxiety, depression)

• Reducing hospital admission and hospital stay

• To return to the profession