Introducing the COPD Foundation Guide for Diagnosis and Management of COPD, Recommendations of the COPD Foundation

Figures & data

Table 1.  Prevalence of COPD in a “Typical” Practice

Number of diagnosed patients*	147
Clinic visits for COPD**	every 2.8 days
Emergency visits for COPD**	every 2.9 weeks
Hospitalization for COPD**	every 6 weeks
Death from COPD**	every 4 months

*Based on a 2,500 patient practice perfectly distributed across the US population.

**COPD as a primary diagnosis. COPD as a concurrent condition is much more common.

Based on data from Ford (4) and (2).

Figure 1.  COPD Foundation Guide for the Diagnosis and Management of COPD.

Panel A. 2-panel version (front and back). The version includes the diagnostic summary and therapeutic table based on diagnostic features.

Panel B. 6-panel version, generic (front and back). This version adds details on the mMRC and CAT symptom scores, specific information on medications commonly used to treat COPD and information relating to smoking cessation.

Panel C. 6-panel version, brand names. This version is identical to the generic version, except that brand names are used (front and back).

Table 2.  Selected recommendation documents and summaries: Length

	Full document	Ref.	Summary	Ref.
GOLD	76 pages	(29)	19 pages	(30)
ATS/ERS Standards	80 pages	(31)	15 pages	(32)
NICE	673 pages	(33)	20 pages	(36)
ACP/ACCP/ATS/ERS	13 pages	(34)

Table 3.  Co-morbidities and COPD

Cardiac

Infarction

Arrhythmia

Failure

Aortic aneurysm

Hypercoagulability

Stroke

Pulmonary embolism

Deep vein thrombosis

Atrophic

Osteoporosis

Muscle weakness

Weight loss

Skin wrinkling

Anemia

Diabetes/metabolic syndrome

Fluid retention

Depression

Lung cancer

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