Cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation basics
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation · MBBS
Study notes
Post-MI patient — cardiac rehab; exercises; returns to work. Cardiac rehab (phases — I — inpatient; II — outpatient — 12w — supervised; III — maintenance: exercise — aerobic — 40–70% — ECG monitored; risk — stratify; education — smoking, diet, drugs; psychosocial): pulmonary rehab (COPD — stable: breathing — pursed-lip, diaphragmatic; endurance — walking; oxygen — titrate; education — inhalers; nutrition; exacerbation — action plan). Exercise is medicine — supervised is safe.