The goals of COPD treatment are to
To reach these goals, an effective management plan should be initiated which should include the following components:
GOLD have defined a flow chart as to how the different actions and factors in management of COPD interact (3):
© 2020, Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease, available from www.goldcopd.org, published in Fontana, WI, USA.
An explanation of the combined ABCD tool in GOLD (3):
© 2020, Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease, available from www.goldcopd.org, published in Fontana, WI, USA.
Reference:
Annotations allow you to add information to this page that would be handy to have on hand during a consultation. E.g. a website or number. This information will always show when you visit this page.