Research advance in pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterized by irreversible airflow obstruction and pathologically proven chronic inflammation of airway, pulmonary parenchyma and pulmonary blood vessels.It is divided into stable COPD and acute exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD). As a comprehensive intervention, pulmonary rehabilitation has remarkable therapeutic effect on stable COPD.At present, the effect of pulmonary rehabilitation of COPD has been widely confirmed.We will briefly review the research progress on pulmonary rehabilitation of AECOPD in recent years. Key words: Pulmonary disease, chronic obstructive; Rehabilitation