Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Primary Care: The Use of Oxygen and Nebulization Therapy for Chronic Respiratory Diseases

Abstract

Introduction: Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) has become a core intervention with several objectives, including besides reducing the symptoms and physical limitations, physical and social disability, and improving quality of life of patients with chronic lung diseases. PR is often executed within highly specific environment based, however it is incorporated into primary care to provide new and effective means for increasing accessibility of those principles to the population.
Aim of work: To explore the role of oxygen therapy and nebulization as key components of pulmonary rehabilitation in primary care
Methods: We conducted a comprehensive search in the MEDLINE database's electronic literature using the following search terms: Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Primary Care, Oxygen, Nebulization Therapy, Chronic Respiratory Diseases. The search was restricted to publications from 2016 to 2024 in order to locate relevant content. We performed a search on Google Scholar to locate and examine academic papers that pertain to my subject matter. The selection of articles was impacted by certain criteria for inclusion.
Results: The publications analyzed in this study encompassed from 2016 to 2024. The study was structured into various sections with specific headings in the discussion section.
Conclusion: Oxygen and nebulization therapy which are part of pulmonary rehabilitation play a central role in the treatment of Chronic Respiratory Diseases. Its incorporation in the primary care context offers a rational strategy to enhance its access and hopefully the outcomes of patients with CRDs. However, to implement this vision, there is need to pursue efforts towards fetching the key hurdles such as resource constraints, inadequate provider training as well as patient for enhanced implementation. It is possible for primary care to lead the noble cause of advancing PR and affording the millions of people who require long-term management of various forms of lung diseases the optimal care that they deserve based on technology-supported collaborative integrated care models that ensure equitable access to care for all. As the proportion of patient with CRDs increases in the communities, there is a growing need to develop, implement and sustain more patient-centered primary care models.