COPD in 2001: a major challenge for medicine, the pharmaceutical industry, and society

SI Rennard, SG Farmer - Chest, 2002 - journal.chestnet.org
COPD is currently the sixth leading cause of death and the 12th leading cause of morbidity
worldwide. 1 Among the leading causes of death and disability, COPD is the one that is …

CTS position statement: pharmacotherapy in patients with COPD—an update

J Bourbeau, M Bhutani, P Hernandez, DD Marciniuk… - 2017 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT RATIONALE: Since the last published Canadian Thoracic Society (CTS) COPD
guideline in 2007 and the 2008 update–highlights for primary care, many new clinical trials …

COPD: a common disease that is preventable and treatable

S Buist - Primary Care Respiratory Journal: Journal of the …, 2006 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
8 Editorial shortness of breath, fatigue, cough and wheezing, as being simply due to ageing,
and they may not even mention them during routine visits-or come to see a clinician …

Outcome measures in COPD

KF Rabe - Primary care respiratory journal: journal of the General …, 2004 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
This current issue of the Primary Care Respiratory Journal contains a Review article by John
Haughney and Kevin Gruffydd-Jones [1] on patient-centred outcomes in primary care …

A unified front against COPD: clinical practice guidelines from the American College of Physicians, the American College of Chest Physicians, the American Thoracic …

NA Hanania, DD Marciniuk - Chest, 2011 - journal.chestnet.org
COPD is one of the world's leading causes of morbidity and mortality. Currently the fifth
leading cause of death worldwide, it is predicted that COPD will become the third leading …

Assessing the severity of COPD

DMG Halpin - Primary Care Respiratory Journal: Journal of the …, 2006 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In the UK, modern interest in what is now called chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(COPD) began following the large numbers of deaths seen as a result of the smog and …

Update in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in 2010

MLK Han - American journal of respiratory and critical care …, 2011 - atsjournals.org
The year 2010 marked several milestones for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(COPD). Unfortunately, COPD moved from fourth leading cause of death in the United States …

COPD: the scope of the problem in Europe

R Pauwels - Chest, 2000 - Elsevier
In 1995, the European Respiratory Society published a European Consensus Statement on
the optimal assessment and management of COPD. In the document, several important …

[引用][C] Smoking kills, quitting heals: the importance of smoking cessation in COPD

HY Park, D Sin - The clinical respiratory journal, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
We are winning the battle against tobacco in the Western world. Whereas in the early 1960s
one in two adults smoked, today fewer than one in five adults are smokers in most …

COPD in perspective

TL Petty - Chest, 2002 - Elsevier
In the last 200 years or so, the recognition, diagnosis, and understanding of the
pathogenesis of COPD have evolved considerably. Over the past few decades, various …