Using information in a patient's electronic medical record during outpatient visits for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease can lead to better outcomes, according to a study in ...

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 ...

A larger role for PCPs in COPD management COPD and overall health status impact each other, so it's only right for primary-care clinicians to be major players in fighting this condition. In the latest ...

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 ...

A major revision of the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) guidelines was published in December 2011, which takes account of the fact that chronic obstructive pulmonary ...

August 1, 2011 — The American College of Physicians (ACP), American College of Chest Physicians, American Thoracic Society (ATS), and European Respiratory Society have issued a joint clinical practice ...

Scott Klares, MD, a practicing pulmonologist, underscores the challenges primary care physicians face in staying updated with numerous guidelines for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) ...

Few discrepancies exist between the disease management program "Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease" and current clinical practice guidelines. On 3 January 2014 the German Institute for Quality and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Primary care providers who care for patients with COPD in rural clinics in the Midwest U.S.

—More than 90% of patients with advanced COPD experience dyspnea. A daily morphine dose of <30 mg daily is safe for treating refractory breathlessness. Reviewed by Rima R. Gidwani, MD, Assistant ...

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 ...