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- Title
Role of new digital technologies and telemedicine in pulmonary rehabilitation: Smart devices in the treatment of chronic respiratory diseases.
- Authors
Fekete, Monika; Fazekas-Pongor, Vince; Balazs, Peter; Tarantini, Stefano; Nemeth, Anna N.; Varga, Janos Tamas
- Abstract
Summary: Background: Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases are conditions characterized by a variable progression. Some individuals experience longer asymptomatic periods while others acute worsening periods and/or exacerbations triggered by symptom multiplication factors. Medications are adjusted to the patients' respiratory function, self-assessment of health and emerging certain physical changes. A more effective treatment may be applied by real-time data registered during the patient's everyday life. Aim and methods: Introducing new modern digital technology in pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) to help tracking the patients' medication, thus we systematically reviewed the latest publications on telemedicine and pulmonary telerehabilitation. Conclusion: The use of the latest digital technologies in PR is very exciting and offers great opportunities while treating patients affected by specific conditions. On the one hand, adherence to medication can be improved in patients with chronic respiratory diseases by using these new state of the art devices; on the other hand, digital devices will also be able to monitor various physiological parameters of patients during their usual everyday activities. Data can be stored on a smartphone and shared with the provider. Relying on this information, physicians will be able to tailor medications and dosage to the specific needs of individual patients. Telerehabilitation may be a sustainable solution to the growing burden of chronic respiratory disease worldwide. However, PR must keep its cornerstones, such as education and motivations, which are most successful when conducted in person. Many issues remain to be resolved in the future, e.g. cybersecurity while using smart devices since they offer unique opportunities for PR.
- Subjects
SMART devices; CHRONIC obstructive pulmonary disease; RESPIRATORY diseases; PHYSICIANS; DIGITAL technology; TELERADIOLOGY
- Publication
Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift, 2021, Vol 133, Issue 21/22, p1201
- ISSN
0043-5325
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00508-021-01930-y