Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a leading cause of chronic morbidity and mortality worldwide and is projected to become the third leading cause of death by 2020. The burden of COPD is ...

An analysis of adoption of and adherence to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) guidelines in the primary care setting unearthed ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. It is a chronic disease that affects quality of life and mobility, and can lead to respiratory ...

The GOLD COPD Update 2026 provides updated guidance on case-finding, disease activity, exacerbation management.

The Global Strategy for the Diagnosis, Management, and Prevention of COPD (GOLD) 2017 Report, published online January 27 in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine and on the ...

The GOLD Report includes key recommendations for personalizing treatment in stable COPD as well as guidelines for managing exacerbations. The 2017 Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung ...

The guidelines state the recommended first choice pharmacologic therapy, an alternative choice and other possible treatments for each category: A—‘low risk, less symptoms’; B—‘low risk, more symptoms’ ...

Clinical guidelines recommend long-acting bronchodilators as first maintenance therapy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), with inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) reserved for patients with ...

—The 2019 GOLD guidelines emphasize the need for separate strategies for initial and follow-up pharmacotherapy and the importance of using of eosinophil counts to decide about inhaled corticosteroid ...

All of them can make you feel breathless. Doctors use stages to describe how severe your COPD is. This system is called the GOLD staging or grading system. Your grade will affect what treatment you ...

GOLD Report 2017 includes revised definition of COPD The GOLD Report includes a revised definition of COPD and updates guidelines for managing exacerbations. The 2017 Global Initiative for Chronic ...