EU-wide consensus of clinical experts and patients on key parameters to be measured during and after a severe exacerbation of COPD
Clinical Research CollaborationAims: to present the EU-wide consensus obtained from clinical COPD experts and patients on the key process and outcome parameters to be measured during and after a severe exacerbation requiring hospitalisation; to highlight and discuss the results obtained from the following: 1. the Delphi Expert Survey and 2. the ELF-CICERO Patient Survey; to help the congress participants understand, in the context of key process and outcome parameters in severe COPD exacerbations, the following issues: 1. the importance of an EU-wide consensus, 2. the necessity of complementing an expert clinical opinion with in-depth patient perspective, 3. the results obtained from the Delphi Expert and Patient Survey and 4. how the obtained results can improve the future management and patient outcomes of severe COPD exacerbations; to provide the opportunity for interested stakeholders to reference the accompanying publications and interact with the lead young investigators during the 2022 ERS congress.