International Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
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Sofía González López

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• Review Article
  Spanish Society of Caridiorespiratory Rehabilitation. Recommendations in Lung Transplantation
  Author(s): Mercedes Ramos Solchaga, Carmen Abad Fernández, Lourdes Juarros Monteagudo, Laura Muñoz Cabello, Rosario Úrbez Mir, Isabel Vázquez Arce and Sofía González López Mercedes Ramos Solchaga, Carmen Abad Fernández, Lourdes Juarros Monteagudo, Laura Muñoz Cabello, Rosario Úrbez Mir, Isabel Vázquez Arce and Sofía González López
  
  Lung transplantation is considered for those patients with severe pulmonary disease who do not respond to specific treatments and whose life expectancy is very greatly reduced. It is a multidisciplinary intervention which extends from the selection and follow-up of candidates, up until the time of the surgery itself and which also includes the on-going treatments that these patients will require for the remainder of their lives. The Spanish Society of Cardiorespiratory Rehabilitation (SORECAR) appointed an expert committee to review the current scientific evidence with regards to the management of these patients by our medical specialty and to produce a consensus document of interventions in lung transplantation. In this article we provide an update on the management of patients leading up to and following lung transplantation from the point of view of the Physical.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2329-9096.1000459

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