Status and challenges of pulmonary rehabilitation in children
Children's pulmonary rehabilitation can help alleviate the symptoms of dyspnea,fatigue and anxiety in children with acute and chronic respiratory diseases,and improve lung function,exercise ability and quality of life.Children's pulmonary rehabilitation is also facing greater challenges due to thechildren's different anatomical and physiological characteristics of the respiratory system from adults.The evaluation and intervention plan should be selected individually according to the indication,age and level of cooperation of the children.In this paper,the concept evolution of respiratory rehabilitation,the content of pulmonary rehabilitation,the anatomical and physiological characteristics of children,the goals and indications of children's pulmonary rehabilitation,and the characteristics of children's pulmonary rehabilitation are summarized,in order toprovidereferences for performingpediatricpulmonary rehabilitation in clinical practice.