BMJ  2005;330 (19 March), doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7492.0-e

Moving beyond guidelines in treatment of COPD

Guidelines for prognosis, diagnosis, and treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have been published and are updated regularly, but the guidelines lag behind developments in clinical research, say Cooper and Tashkin (p 640). They review the recent developments in inhaled treatments and describe a practical, patient oriented approach to the hierarchical implementation of pharmacotherapy in COPD.

Credit: COLIN CUTHBERT/SPL


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