Global strategy for the diagnosis, management, and prevention of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: GOLD executive summary

J Vestbo, SS Hurd, AG Agustí, PW Jones… - American journal of …, 2013 - atsjournals.org
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a global health problem, and since 2001,
the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) has published its strategy …

Global strategy for the diagnosis, management, and prevention of chronic obstructive lung disease 2017 report. GOLD executive summary

CF Vogelmeier, GJ Criner, FJ Martinez… - American journal of …, 2017 - atsjournals.org
This Executive Summary of the Global Strategy for the Diagnosis, Management, and
Prevention of COPD, Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) 2017 …

An official American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society statement: key concepts and advances in pulmonary rehabilitation

MA Spruit, SJ Singh, C Garvey… - American journal of …, 2013 - atsjournals.org
Background: Pulmonary rehabilitation is recognized as a core component of the
management of individuals with chronic respiratory disease. Since the 2006 American …

Comorbidities and risk of mortality in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

M Divo, C Cote, JP de Torres, C Casanova… - American journal of …, 2012 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are afflicted by
comorbidities. Few studies have prospectively evaluated COPD comorbidities and mortality …

Clusters of comorbidities based on validated objective measurements and systemic inflammation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

LEGW Vanfleteren, MA Spruit, M Groenen… - American journal of …, 2013 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Comorbidities contribute to disease severity and mortality in patients with chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Comorbidities have been studied individually and …

Managing comorbidities in COPD

G Hillas, F Perlikos, I Tsiligianni… - International journal of …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality
worldwide. Age and smoking are common risk factors for COPD and other illnesses, often …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease phenotypes: the future of COPD

MLK Han, A Agusti, PM Calverley, BR Celli… - American journal of …, 2010 - atsjournals.org
Significant heterogeneity of clinical presentation and disease progression exists within
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Although FEV1 inadequately describes this …

Global strategy for the diagnosis, management, and prevention of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: GOLD executive summary

KF Rabe, S Hurd, A Anzueto, PJ Barnes… - American journal of …, 2007 - atsjournals.org
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) remains a major public health problem. It is
the fourth leading cause of chronic morbidity and mortality in the United States, and is …

The clinical features of the overlap between COPD and asthma

M Hardin, EK Silverman, RG Barr, NN Hansel… - Respiratory …, 2011 - Springer
Background The coexistence of COPD and asthma is widely recognized but has not been
well described. This study characterizes clinical features, spirometry, and chest CT scans of …

The coexistence of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): prevalence and risk factors in young, middle-aged and elderly people from the …

R De Marco, G Pesce, A Marcon, S Accordini… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Background The joint distribution of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(COPD) has not been well described. This study aims at determining the prevalence of self …