TY - JOUR T1 - COPD discharge bundle and pulmonary rehabilitation referral and uptake following hospitalisation for acute exacerbation of COPD JF - Thorax JO - Thorax SP - 829 LP - 831 DO - 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2020-215464 VL - 76 IS - 8 AU - Ruth E Barker AU - Samantha SC Kon AU - Stuart F Clarke AU - Jenni Wenneberg AU - Claire M Nolan AU - Suhani Patel AU - Jessica A Walsh AU - Oliver Polgar AU - Matthew Maddocks AU - Morag Farquhar AU - Nicholas S Hopkinson AU - Derek Bell AU - Jadwiga A Wedzicha AU - William D-C. Man Y1 - 2021/08/01 UR - http://thorax.bmj.com/content/76/8/829.abstract N2 - Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) following hospitalisations for acute exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD) is associated with improved exercise capacity and quality of life, and reduced readmissions. However, referral for, and uptake of, post-hospitalisation PR are low. In this prospective cohort study of 291 consecutive hospitalisations for AECOPD, COPD discharge bundles delivered by PR practitioners compared with non-PR practitioners were associated with increased PR referral (60% vs 12%, p<0.001; adjusted OR: 14.46, 95% CI: 5.28 to 39.57) and uptake (40% vs 32%, p=0.001; adjusted OR: 8.60, 95% CI: 2.51 to 29.50). Closer integration between hospital and PR services may increase post-hospitalisation PR referral and uptake. ER -