Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Synopsis

This issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine, guest-edited by Dr. Gerard Criner and Dr. Bartolome Celli, is focused on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

Topics discussed in this issue include but are not limited to:

• COPD Pathogenesis
• Epidemiology of COPD
• Host, Gender, and Early Life Factors as Risks for COPD
• Alpha One Antitrypsin Deficiency
• Lung Function Testing
• Assessing Symptom Burden
• Chest Imaging in the Diagnosis and Assessment of the Patient with COPD
• Biomarkers in the Diagnosis and Assessment of COPD
• Asthma/COPD Overlap
• Multimorbidity in the Patient with COPD
• Definition Causes, Pathogenesis, and Consequences of Exacerbations
• Treatment of Acute Exacerbations
• Prevention of Exacerbations
• Bronchodilators
• Benefits and Risks of Inhaled Corticosteroids in COPD
• Systemic Medications
• Smoking Cessation/Vaccinations
• Pulmonary Rehabilitation
• Oxygen Therapy/Noninvasive Ventilation
• and Interventional and Surgical Therapies for COPD