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Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as "the sum of activity and interventions required to ensure the best possible physical, mental, and social conditions so that patients with chronic or post-acute cardiovascular disease may, by their own efforts, preserve or resume their proper place in society and lead an active life". [1]
Pulmonary rehabilitation is an evidence-based intervention for the management of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). In clinical practice, the 6-minute walk test (6MWT) is commonly used to assess changes in functional exercise capacity in COPD patients following pulmonary rehabilitation with the primary outcome reported ...
Pulmonary rehabilitation is generally specific to the individual patient, with the objective of meeting the needs of the patient. It is a broad program and may benefit patients with lung diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), sarcoidosis, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and cystic fibrosis, among others.
The cardiovascular system responds to changing demands on the body by adjusting cardiac output, blood flow, and blood pressure. Cardiac output is defined as the product of heart rate and stroke volume which represents the volume of blood being pumped by the heart each minute. Cardiac output increases during physical activity due to an increase ...
The hospital offers an accredited Outpatient Diabetes Education Program, certified by the American Association of Diabetes Education. The program is the first in Illinois to receive this recognition. The Wellness 180˚ program at Lake Forest Health & Fitness Center won a 2010 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Medical Fitness Association ...
Cardiac care was also advancing. The hospital established a cardiac rehabilitation program to treat patients with heart conditions. Surgeons performed Spartanburg General Hospital's first open-heart surgery in 1981. The hospital opened a new Sleep Disorders Center—one of the first programs of its kind in the Southeast.
Sahm Doherty/Getty; California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation via Getty. Charles Manson in 1969 and 2009
Cardio-Pulmonary Rehabilitation: Structured rehabilitation designed to manage a wide range of existing conditions for smokers and ex-smokers and those who have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), emphysema, asthma, pulmonary fibrosis, interstitial lung disease, bronchiectasis, and cystic fibrosis.