The book includes recommendations for COPD from published guidelines (eg the GOLD ATS and
NICE guidelines) and presents them in the context of relevant clinical treatment issues. This
is an in-depth guide on the management of COPD concentrating on the impact of COPD on a
patient as well as how healthcare professionals can intervene and educate the patient at an
early stage and thereby slow the onset of severe symptoms. This book has been designed to
increase physician awareness of the pathological processes involved in the aetiology of COPD
which underpins effective disease management.
