HOW SHOULD COPD BE MANAGED IN PRACTICE
{"Image DocumentName": "HOW SHOULD COPD BE MANAGED IN PRACTICE?", "Image ImageDescription": "Stepwise increase in treatment recommended, dependent on. severity of disease, response to treatments. Exercise training programmes (pulmonary rehabilitation) improve exercise tolerance/symptoms of dyspnoea & fatigue (A) Health education. Increase self-management skills, ability to cope with illness and health status (patient well-being) (A) COPD lung damage is irreversible. Pharmacotherapy aims to improve symptoms and/or decrease complications. The overall approach to managing stable COPD should be characterised by a stepwise increase in treatment, depending on an individualised assessment of the severity of the disease and response to various treatments. All COPD patients benefit from exercise training programmes with respect to improving both exercise tolerance and symptoms of dyspnoea and fatigue (Evidence A). For patients with COPD, health education can play a role in improving self-management skills, ability to cope with illness and health status. It is effective in accomplishing certain goals, including smoking cessation (Evidence A). None of the existing medications for COPD have been shown to modify the long-term decline in lung function (Evidence A). Therefore, pharmacotherapy for COPD is used to improve symptoms and/or decrease complications. Reference. Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease. Global strategy for the diagnosis, management, and prevention of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease NHLBI/WHO workshop report, 2001.", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}