TY - JOUR T1 - Objectively identified comorbidities in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: impact on pulmonary rehabilitation outcomes JF - European Respiratory Journal JO - Eur Respir J DO - 10.1183/09031936.00026215 SP - ERJ-00262-2015 AU - Rafael Mesquita AU - Lowie E.G.W. Vanfleteren AU - Frits M.E. Franssen AU - Janeli Sarv AU - Ziad Taib AU - Miriam T.J. Groenen AU - Swetlana Gaffron AU - Piet L.B. Bruijnzeel AU - Fabio Pitta AU - Emiel F.M. Wouters AU - Martijn A. Spruit Y1 - 2015/06/25 UR - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/early/2015/06/24/09031936.00026215.abstract N2 - Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) is a comprehensive intervention recognised as a core component in the treatment of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) [1]. Comorbidities are highly prevalent in patients with COPD entering PR [2–4], which may be associated with the change in exercise performance and health status after PR [3–5]. Nonetheless, previous studies used self-reported and/or chart-based comorbidities, and only the impact of individual comorbidities or arbitrarily grouped comorbidities were studied [3, 4].Patients with COPD and multiple comorbidities can still benefit from pulmonary rehabilitation http://ow.ly/LXAWc ER -