Article topics: Airflow obstruction Spirometry Pulmonary rehabilitation
Jacinta Meighan-Davies and Helen Parnell describe the use of spirometry and pulmonary rehabilitation in the management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Jacinta Meighan-Davies, RN, NARTC, dip.Asthma, Practice Development Nurse, St. George’s Hospital NHS Trust.
Helen Parnell, RN, DipN.(Lond), Respiratory Nurse Specialist, Epsom & St. Helier NHS Trust, Surrey.
Article accepted for December 1999.