Research Article: Are We Missing the Opportunity to Disseminate GOLD Recommendations Through AECOPD Discharge Letters?
Introduction:
For decades, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has been placed among the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. – Given the widespread exposure to risk factors for COPD, aging population and no disease modifying treatments, the COPD burden is expected to further increase. , On these grounds, the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) was founded in aiming to provide clinicians with systematic, scientifically sound recommendations for COPD management. The first GOLD…
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