Pharmacological treatment optimisation for stable COPD: an endless story?

Pharmacological treatment optimisation for stable COPD: an endless story? Proposals from the Société de Pneumologie de Langue Française.

Affiliations: Département de Pneumologie, Université de Lorraine, CHU de Nancy, Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France. Inserm U955, Team 04, Créteil, France. Service de Pneumologie, UPEC, Université Paris-Est, UMR S955, Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Créteil, Créteil, France. Service de Pneumologie et Réanimation Médicale, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière Charles-Foix, Inserm, Université Pierre-...

Bronchodilator testing: an endless story.

T he history of the bronchodilator test dates back to the late 1950s when airway diseases were classified as reversible or irreversible depending on the response to bronchodilators [1, 2]. The hope to differentiate asthma from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) on this basis was such that the test soon gained popularity in clinical practice. Two large trials published in the mid 1980s...

Pharmacological treatment of COPD.

Approximately seven million Brazilians over 40 years of age have COPD. In recent years, major advances have been made in the pharmacological treatment of this condition. We performed a systematic review including original articles on pharmacological treatments for COPD. We reviewed articles written in English, Spanish, or Portuguese; published between 2005 and 2009; and indexed in national and ...

Pharmacological treatment of COPD.

Spanish COPD Guidelines (GesEPOC): pharmacological treatment of stable COPD. Spanish Society of Pulmonology and Thoracic Surgery.

Recognizing the clinical heterogeneity of COPD suggests a specific therapeutic approach directed by the so-called clinical phenotypes of the disease. The Spanish COPD Guidelines (GesEPOC) is an initiative of SEPAR, which, together with the scientific societies involved in COPD patient care, and the Spanish Patient Forum, has developed these new clinical practice guidelines. This present article...