The 2019 update to the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) strategy for the diagnosis, management and prevention of COPD is now available and includes two key changes, according to GOLD board member Professor David Halpin. The first is that initial treatment, based on the ABCD assessment tool, has been separated from follow-up treatment ...
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Latest GOLD: ‘clear separation of initial & subsequent therapy’
By Jennie James & Mardi Chapman
26 Nov 2018