Treatment and prevention of COPD exacerbation

Session
Chairs: K. Rabe (Grosshansdorf, Germany), J. Krishnan (Chicago, United States of America)
Aims: Provide an overview of the main recommendations for treatment and prevention of COPD exacerbations described in the recent document developed by specialists from ERS and ATS

Recommendations for pharmacological treatment of exacerbations of COPD A. Anzueto (San Antonio, United States of America)
Recommendations on long-term antibiotics and mucolytics for prevention of exacerbations of COPD M. Miravitlles (Barcelona, Spain)
Recommendations for bronchodilators and PDE4 inhibitors for prevention of exacerbations of COPD J. Vestbo (Manchester, United Kingdom)