Material from 2003:
- 3196 Abstracts
- 374 Slide presentations
Material from 2003:
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- 3196 Abstracts
- 374 Slide presentations
PG12 - COPD - diagnosis, pathogenesis and the role of primary relative to secondary care in management
Postgraduate CourseChairs: B. Balbi (Gussago, Italy), S. Hill (Birmingham, United Kingdom)
Aims: This is the first course in a three-year postgraduate core curriculum covering the main issues on COPD, from the pathology to the current treatments offered. The aims of this first module in the series are:
• to review and discuss problems in disease definition, diagnosis and staging;
• to describe the pathology and mechanisms;
• to address the management of earlier stages of disease, including pharmacological approaches, and the causes and treatment of acute exacerbations;
• to discuss the role of primary relative to secondary care in patient management.