The COPD Foundation Pocket Consultant Guide

Byron Thomashow; James Crapo; Barbara Yawn; Andrew McIvor; Scott Cerreta; John Walsh; David Mannino; Stephen Rennard

doi:10.15326/jcopdf.1.1.2014.0124

The COPD Foundation Pocket Consultant Guide

Chronic Obstr Pulm Dis. 2014 May 6;1(1):83-87. doi: 10.15326/jcopdf.1.1.2014.0124.

Authors

Byron Thomashow¹, James Crapo², Barbara Yawn³, Andrew McIvor⁴, Scott Cerreta⁵, John Walsh⁵, David Mannino⁶, Stephen Rennard⁷

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY.
² Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO.
³ Olmsted Medical Center, Department of Research, Rochester, Minnesota.
⁴ Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
⁵ COPD Foundation, Washington, DC.
⁶ Departments of Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health, University of Kentucky, College of Public Health, Lexington.
⁷ Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Allergy Division, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha.

Abstract

The COPD Foundation Guide to COPD Diagnosis and Treatment is designed to provide practical advice for the health care provider. Available as a hard copy, online and as a mobile device application (app), the Guide serves as an accessible tool for clinicians. To date, over 400,000 cards have been distributed to health care providers nationwide at no charge. The Guide is updated as necessary and suggestions from the COPD physician and health care provider community are integrated into updates.

Keywords: copd; diagnosis; spirometry; treatment.

Publication types

Review