Jacinta Meighan-Davies and Helen Parnell describe the use of spirometry and pulmonary rehabilitation in the management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Jacinta Meighan-Davies, RN, NARTC, dip.Asthma, Practice Development Nurse, St. George’s Hospital NHS Trust.
Helen Parnell, RN, DipN.(Lond), Respiratory Nurse Specialist, Epsom & St. Helier NHS Trust, Surrey.

Article accepted for December 1999.