Using the GOLD standards for COPD staging will identify high-risk patients, improve delivery of care, and reduce health care costs. In the United States, COPD is mainly diagnosed and managed in the ...

The 2025 Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) report highlighted climate change, cardiovascular risk, and pulmonary hypertension. Claus F. Vogelmeier, MD, chair of the GOLD ...

The GOLD 2023 and 2024 reports recommend that health professionals consider triple therapy (TT) entailing combined use of a long-acting β 2 agonist (LABA), a long-acting muscarinic antagonist (LAMA), ...

Credit: Getty Images. The 2024 GOLD COPD Report includes updated research and recommendations that reflect shifts in thinking on COPD management. Vogelmeier, who heads the Department of Medicine, ...

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All of them can make you feel breathless. Doctors use stages to describe how severe your COPD is. This system is called the GOLD staging or grading system. Your grade will affect what treatment you ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. It is a chronic disease that affects quality of life and mobility, and can lead to respiratory ...

"Physicians should feel more confident in following the recent guideline recommendations both to use race-neutral reference equations and to use z scores for assessing severity…Together, these changes ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers developed a multidimensional COPD diagnostic schema made up of spirometry, imaging and respiratory ...