PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - W MacNee
AU  - P M A Calverley
TI  - Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease • 7: Management of COPD
AID  - 10.1136/thorax.58.3.261
DP  - 2003 Mar 01
TA  - Thorax
PG  - 261--265
VI  - 58
IP  - 3
4099  - http://thorax.bmj.com/content/58/3/261.short
4100  - http://thorax.bmj.com/content/58/3/261.full
SO  - Thorax2003 Mar 01; 58
AB  - A review of the management of COPD is presented, with particular emphasis on the effect on the approach to management of new information which has become available in the 5 years since the BTS guidelines on COPD were published. A major problem is the effective implementation of what is already known, and allocation of the resources necessary to make this available to all who might benefit.