RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease • 7: Management of COPD
JF Thorax
JO Thorax
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Thoracic Society
SP 261
OP 265
DO 10.1136/thorax.58.3.261
VO 58
IS 3
A1 W MacNee
A1 P M A Calverley
YR 2003
UL http://thorax.bmj.com/content/58/3/261.abstract
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.