I read through the entire post above and, in spite of mentioning pulmonary rehabilitation many times, it failed to define it once!
The Docs in my rural area are aware of rehab, but it’s just not available locally. The closest facility it an hours drive away.
When I had heart failure in 2017, the cardiologist I saw prescribed rehab for me, until I told him how far away I live.
Just plain old walking seems to be helpful for many things.
Having read the article, the part I found most interesting was Certainty of Evidence and my own personal evaluation of Doctors, lol.
High -High confidence that the estimated effect is close to the true effect
Moderate -Moderate confidence that the estimated effect is close to the true effect, but with a chance that the true effect is considerably different
Low -Low confidence in the estimated effect. Higher likelihood that the true effect is considerably different from the estimated effect
Very low -Very low confidence in the estimated effect. High likelihood that the true effect is considerably different from the estimated effect
Pulmonary Rehab is pretty much identical to cardiac rehab. It is supervised, structured, progressive exercises with pulse oximetry monitoring, and oxygen supplementation when indicated. It is generally done an hour, twice weekly for about 36 sessions.