Disclosures: Dr. Labaki, ACP Contributing Author, reports nonfinancial support from
Pulmonx and personal fees from Konica Minolta outside the submitted work. Dr. Rosenberg …

Recommendation 1: In patients with respiratory symptoms, particularly dyspnea, spirometry
should be performed to diagnose airflow obstruction. Spirometry should not be used to …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is increasingly recognized as a major health
care problem and the number of publications in the scientific literature is a reflection of this …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a new name for an old malady. The
ancients included the disease under the rubric of “catarrh.” In modern times, COPD has …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is characterized by the gradual progression of
irreversible airflow obstruction and increased inflammation in the airways and lung …

Background: Concerns exist regarding increased risk for mortality associated with some
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) medications. Objective: To examine the …

Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a leading cause of
morbidity, mortality, and resource use worldwide. The goal of this Official American Thoracic …

For the first time, the recently published American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory
Society chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) guidelines explicitly recognize that …

Attempts to define concepts and things date back to the time of Aristotle, around 2,400 years
ago, when he proposed that a definition should state the essential nature or being of …

Background We sought to determine whether depressive or anxiety symptoms are
associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) hospitalization or mortality …