Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, An Issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine

This issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine, guest-edited by Dr. Gerard Criner and Dr. Bartolome Celli, is focused on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Topics discussed in this issue include but are not limited to: COPD Pathogenesis, Epidemiology of COPD, Host, Gender, and Early Life Factors as Risks for COPD, Alpha One Antitrypsin Deficiency, Lung Function Testing, Assessing Symptom Burden, Chest Imaging in the Diagnosis and Assessment of the Patient with COPD, Biomarkers in the Diagnosis and Assessment of COPD, Asthma/COPD Overlap, Multimorbidity in the Patient with COPD, Definition Causes, Pathogenesis, and Consequences of Exacerbations, Treatment of Acute Exacerbations, Prevention of Exacerbations, Bronchodilators, Benefits and Risks of Inhaled Corticosteroids in COPD, Systemic Medications, Smoking Cessation/Vaccinations, Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Oxygen Therapy/Noninvasive Ventilation, and Interventional and Surgical Therapies for COPD.