Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is regarded as one of the leading causes of
morbidity and mortality across the world, yet its proper diagnosis remains a challenge …

Globally, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the fourth major cause of
mortality and morbidity and projected to rise to third within a decade as our efforts to prevent …

The Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) has published the
complete 2023 GOLD report, which can be freely downloaded from its web page (www …

Importance Smoking is a major risk factor for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(COPD), yet much of COPD risk remains unexplained. Objective To determine whether …

Background Studies of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) typically
focus on these diagnoses separately, limiting understanding of disease mechanisms and …

In this guideline update, we highlight important and new findings related to pharmacological
therapy of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that should change clinical …

175 years have elapsed since John Hutchinson introduced the world to his version of an
apparatus that had been in development for nearly two centuries, the spirometer. Though he …

Spirometry is the current gold standard for diagnosing and monitoring the progression of
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). However, many current and former …

Heart failure (HF) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are increasingly
common and often coexist. Together they probably cause or complicate about 10% of all …

Rationale: We classified individuals into pulmonary disease subtypes based on 2 underlying
pathophysiologic disease axes (airway-predominant and emphysema-predominant) and …