{"title":"COPD: A New Diagnostic Paradigm.","authors":"B. Make","doi":"10.15326/jcopdf.6.5.2019.0172","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The disease we know as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) continues a circuitous journey in its definition, characterization and clinical course. The article by Lowe et al in this issue of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases: Journal of the COPD Foundation expands our understanding of the diagnosis, progression and mortality of this heterogeneous group of disorders.1 The definition of COPD is expanded and a new diagnostic term is introduced – COPDGene® 2019. \n \nThis perspective provides insights on the importance of this manuscript to clinicians, clinical researchers, and patients. Four questions are raised by this new definition of COPD: \n \n· Does COPDGene® 2019 differ from the current definition of COPD? \n \n· Is COPDGene® 2019 clinically important? \n \n· Are there opportunities for future research to improve the implementation and management of COPDGene® 2019? \n \n· How can clinicians employ COPDGene® 2019 in the management of their patients?","PeriodicalId":10249,"journal":{"name":"Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases","volume":"35 1","pages":"438-443"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2019-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"5","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.15326/jcopdf.6.5.2019.0172","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The disease we know as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) continues a circuitous journey in its definition, characterization and clinical course. The article by Lowe et al in this issue of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases: Journal of the COPD Foundation expands our understanding of the diagnosis, progression and mortality of this heterogeneous group of disorders.1 The definition of COPD is expanded and a new diagnostic term is introduced – COPDGene® 2019.
This perspective provides insights on the importance of this manuscript to clinicians, clinical researchers, and patients. Four questions are raised by this new definition of COPD:
· Does COPDGene® 2019 differ from the current definition of COPD?
· Is COPDGene® 2019 clinically important?
· Are there opportunities for future research to improve the implementation and management of COPDGene® 2019?
· How can clinicians employ COPDGene® 2019 in the management of their patients?
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