Volume 150, Issue 4, Pages 837-859 (October 2016) Pulmonary Rehabilitation as a Mechanism to Reduce Hospitalizations for Acute Exacerbations of COPD Elizabeth Moore, MSc, Thomas Palmer, MSc, Roger Newson, PhD, Azeem Majeed, PhD, Jennifer K. Quint, PhD, Michael A. Soljak, PhD CHEST Volume 150, Issue 4, Pages 837-859 (October 2016) DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2016.05.038 Copyright © 2016 American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Flow chart showing the screening of articles. RCT = randomized controlled trial. CHEST 2016 150, 837-859DOI: (10.1016/j.chest.2016.05.038) Copyright © 2016 American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Admission rates per patient-year by study type and treatment. PR = pulmonary rehabilitation. See Figure 1 legend for expansion of other abbreviation. CHEST 2016 150, 837-859DOI: (10.1016/j.chest.2016.05.038) Copyright © 2016 American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions
Figure 3 Admission rate ratios (PR/Control) by study type. See Figure 1 and 2 legends for expansion of abbreviations. CHEST 2016 150, 837-859DOI: (10.1016/j.chest.2016.05.038) Copyright © 2016 American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions
Figure 4 Differences in admission rate per person-year (PR/Control) by study type. See Figure 1 and 2 legends for expansion of abbreviations. CHEST 2016 150, 837-859DOI: (10.1016/j.chest.2016.05.038) Copyright © 2016 American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions
Figure 5 Results from individual studies. A, Person-years at risk. B, Admission rates per person-year at risk. See Figure 1 and 2 legends for expansion of abbreviations. CHEST 2016 150, 837-859DOI: (10.1016/j.chest.2016.05.038) Copyright © 2016 American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions
Figure 6 Admission rates per patient-year by study type and year for stable patients with COPD. See Figure 1 and 2 legends for expansion of abbreviations. CHEST 2016 150, 837-859DOI: (10.1016/j.chest.2016.05.038) Copyright © 2016 American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions
Figure 7 Risk of bias assessment in randomized controlled trials. CHEST 2016 150, 837-859DOI: (10.1016/j.chest.2016.05.038) Copyright © 2016 American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions
Figure 8 Risk of bias assessment in cohort studies. CHEST 2016 150, 837-859DOI: (10.1016/j.chest.2016.05.038) Copyright © 2016 American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions