Barcelona 2022

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Towards elimination of COPD

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Chairs: K. Antoniou (Heraklion, Greece), A. Bossios (Stockholm, Sweden), S. Kleinert (London, United Kingdom)
Aims: From a revised definition of the disease and its exacerbations to a new aetiological classification, the Lancet Commission on COPD puts forward unprecedented concepts around needed steps to undermine one of the major health problems worldwide. The aims of this session are as follows: to identify the reasons why COPD became a worldwide major health problem; to discuss current shortcomings in COPD diagnosis and therapy; to explore new diagnostic methods for COPD; to appraise an unprecedented aetiological classification of the disease; to discuss the proposed work-up for an acute exacerbation and its diagnosis; to review unmet targets in COPD therapy; to identify deliverable read-outs for COPD control and elimination.

Why is COPD a pandemic? What matters to patients? M. Han (Ann Arbor, United States)
Revisiting the diagnosis and classification of COPD D. Stolz (Basel, Switzerland)
Pharmacological and nonpharmacological unmet needs in COPD D. Sin (Vancouver (BC), Canada)
How do we eliminate COPD? M. Dransfield (Birmingham, United States)
Discussion and Q&A