Evolving questions in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease management
Symposium Chairs: O. Usmani (London, United Kingdom), A. Yorgancioglu (Konak, Turkey), D. Stolz (Basel, Switzerland)
Aims: to ask challenging questions faced every day when managing patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); to inform clinicians and researchers about the latest updates concerning diagnosis, management and assessment of COPD covering four areas, namely, the role of eosinophils, the pathophysiology of a disease exacerbation, the relevance of mortality endpoints and the assessment of COPD patients for comorbidities; to interpret and elaborate on recent findings of clinical trials and their relevance to patient practice.