Airway diseases
Pulmonary vascular diseases
Respiratory infections
Hot topics
Towards elimination of COPD
Clinical
Innovative views from the Lancet Commission on COPD
Aims : From a revised definition of the disease and its exacerbations to a new aetiological classification, the Lancet Commission on COPD puts forward unprecedented concepts around needed steps to undermine one of the major health problems worldwide. The aims of this session are as follows: to identify the reasons why COPD became a worldwide major health problem; to discuss current shortcomings in COPD diagnosis and therapy; to explore new diagnostic methods for COPD; to appraise an unprecedented aetiological classification of the disease; to discuss the proposed work-up for an acute exacerbation and its diagnosis; to review unmet targets in COPD therapy; to identify deliverable read-outs for COPD control and elimination.
Target audience :
Adult pulmonologist/Clinician, Clinical researcher, General practitioner, Medical Student, Medical Technical Assistant, Nurse, Pathologist, Patient, Physician in Pulmonary Training, Physiologist, Radiologist, Respiratory physiotherapist, Scientist (basic, translational), Respiratory therapist
Methods :
Cell and molecular biology, General respiratory patient care, Pulmonary function testing
16:00
Why is COPD a pandemic? What matters to patients?
M. Han(Ann Arbor, United States)
COI
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Description
1
4455
16:15
Revisiting the diagnosis and classification of COPD
D. Stolz(Freiburg, Germany)
COI
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Description
2
4456
16:30
Pharmacological and nonpharmacological unmet needs in COPD
D. Sin(Vancouver (BC), Canada)
COI
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Description
3
4457
16:45
How do we eliminate COPD?
M. Dransfield(Birmingham, United States)
COI
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Description
4
4458
17:00
Discussion and Q&A
5
4459
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