COPD Case Study: Pearls for Diagnosis and Initial Management

Join Drs Leah Witt and Stephanie Christenson as they work through a COPD case study, sharing pearls and expert advice on the nuances of diagnosis and initial management.

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Resources

Global Strategy for Prevention, Diagnosis and Management of COPD:2023 https://goldcopd.org/2023-gold-report-2/

Global Lung Function Initiative Calculators for Spirometry, TLCO and Lung Volume https://gli-calculator.ersnet.org/

Undiagnosed Obstructive Lung Disease in the United States. Associated Factors and Long-Term Mortality https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26524488/

Radiomics for Improved Detection of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Low-Dose and Standard-Dose Chest CT Scans https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37338355/

Tidal Flow-Volume Loop Enveloping at Rest in Advanced COPD https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31455685/

COPD Phenotyping https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37353326/

Treatable Traits in COPD — A Proposed Approach https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34824530/

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35533707/

Roflumilast in Moderate-to-Severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Treated With Longacting Bronchodilators: Two Randomised Clinical Trials https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19716961/