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Pulmonary Critical Care
Department of Medicine
Administration Building,
1900 W. Polk, 14th Floor
Chicago, IL 60612
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Pulmonary Rehabilitation |
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The Division of Pulmonary Medicine/Critical Care runs two American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR) certified Pulmonary Rehabilitation Programs. We run 3 complete Phase II outpatient pulmonary rehab program which consists of 36 sessions given 3 times per week over 10 weeks. The program has capacity for 15 new patients every 10 weeks. The sessions are 2½ hours long and consist of 30 minutes of lecture and health education, and 90 minutes of stretching, warm-up, upper extremity strength training and aerobic exercise. We also offer a Phase III outpatient maintenance pulmonary rehabilitation class to 14 patients at a time, usually for 6 months to one year. This program consists of two 90 minute sessions per week of stretching, warm-up, and aerobic exercise. The program is equipped with three treadmills, three recumbent bikes, two arm ergometers, and free weights. We also have the capacity for EKG telemetry monitoring of up to 5 patients at one time. One feature of the program is an optional Yoga class which teaches very useful breathing and stretching techniques. The program also runs a "Better Breathers Club" pulmonary support group which meets monthly and addresses different topics and provides a great support to help patients cope with their disease process.
The medical director of the program is Nancy Quesada, M.D., but the heart and soul of the program is our Pulmonary Rehabilitation Coordinator, Gail Harris, RRT, CPFT, our Social Worker is LaSharon Denis, MSW., our Nurse Clinicians are Christina Otuwa, R.N and Loretta Odom, R.N., B.S.N., and Susan Gilkey, M.D. is our Yoga instructor.
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