Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common and disabling
condition in adults. Information about therapeutic effectiveness and adverse effects of …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common problem in primary care.
COPD is diagnosed with spirometry only in clinically stable patients with a …

Description: This guideline is an official statement of the American College of Physicians
(ACP), American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP), American Thoracic Society (ATS) …

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

Context The care of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has
changed radically over the past 2 decades, and novel therapies can not only improve the …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major chronic debilitating condition with
significant impact on quality of life, symptoms, comorbidity, health care utilization and …

Comprehensive management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) includes
proper assessment, monitoring of disease, reduction of risk factors, the management of …

Study Objective. To assess the comparative efficacy of pharmacologic agents for the
maintenance treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Design …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a preventable and treatable disease in
which patients experience a progressive decline in lung function. Based on clinical …

Background Although exacerbation and mortality are the most important clinical outcomes of
stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the drug classes that are the most …