Smeets F
Centre Hospitalier, Ste. Ode, Baconfoy, Tenneville, Belgium.
Lung. 1990;168 Suppl:509-13. doi: 10.1007/BF02718172.
Over the past few years, pulmonary rehabilitation programs have become more usual in Europe. Even COPD patients on LTOT no longer feel home-bound or grounded. Nevertheless, they experience anxiety when leaving their usual medical environment. The SEP would like to encourage COPD patients to travel by creating a European COPD network. The objectives of this network would be (1) to record all the pulmonary centers in Europe that are involved in pulmonary rehabilitation; (2) to know the availability of oxygen in the different European countries and pulmonary centers; (3) to record those of these centers that would agree to take under supervision COPD patients traveling in their respective area and to provide all technical and medical assistance; (4) to select the most suitable holiday resorts for COPD patients according to ambient temperature, altitude, hotel accommodation, pollution, and possibility for COPD patients to walk around and take excursions; (5) to include oxygen suppliers and medical equipment companies involved in the technical assistance of these COPD patients traveling with all their paraphernalia. Such a European network would enable COPD patients to travel securely, being sure to find medical and technical assistance in all of these "SEP-recommended" places (SEP Guide).
在过去几年中，肺康复项目在欧洲变得更加普遍。即使是接受长期氧疗的慢性阻塞性肺疾病（COPD）患者也不再觉得自己只能困在家里或原地不动。然而，当他们离开熟悉的医疗环境时，仍会感到焦虑。欧洲肺康复协会（SEP）希望通过创建一个欧洲慢性阻塞性肺疾病网络来鼓励COPD患者出行。该网络的目标包括：（1）记录欧洲所有参与肺康复的肺科中心；（2）了解欧洲不同国家和肺科中心的氧气供应情况；（3）记录那些愿意在其各自区域内监督出行的COPD患者并提供所有技术和医疗援助的中心；（4）根据环境温度、海拔、酒店住宿、污染情况以及COPD患者四处走动和短途旅行的可能性，为COPD患者挑选最合适的度假胜地；（5）纳入参与为这些携带所有装备出行的COPD患者提供技术援助的氧气供应商和医疗设备公司。这样一个欧洲网络将使COPD患者能够安全出行，确保在所有这些“SEP推荐”的地方（SEP指南）都能获得医疗和技术援助。
