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Any COPD patient with symptoms is a candidate for pulmonary rehabilitation. A careful assessment of the individual to determine the patient's precise disease process and needs is essential to outlining an appropriate treatment program. Following the sequence described in the ATS Statement on Pulmonary Rehabilitation included in the appendix to this article provides the best potential for successfully returning the patient to the highest level of function possible. An increase in the availability of pulmonary rehabilitation programs should allow more COPD patients to participate in this process, resulting in an enhanced ability to carry out daily activities, an improved quality of life, and a reduction in the long-term costs of caring for such individuals.
任何有症状的慢性阻塞性肺疾病（COPD）患者都是肺康复的适用对象。对个体进行仔细评估以确定患者确切的疾病进程和需求，对于制定合适的治疗方案至关重要。按照本文附录中美国胸科学会（ATS）关于肺康复的声明中所描述的顺序进行，最有可能成功地使患者恢复到尽可能高的功能水平。肺康复项目可用性的增加应能使更多COPD患者参与到这一过程中，从而提高他们进行日常活动的能力，改善生活质量，并降低照料这些患者的长期成本。
