Marc Miravitlles, Juan José Soler-Cataluña, Myriam Calle, Jesús Molina, Pere Almagro, José Antonio Quintano, Juan Antonio Trigueros, Borja G Cosío, Ciro Casanova, Juan Antonio Riesco, Pere Simonet, David Rigau, Joan B Soriano, Julio Ancochea
The clinical presentation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) varies widely, so treatment must be tailored according to the level of risk and phenotype. In 2012, the Spanish COPD Guidelines (GesEPOC) first established pharmacological treatment regimens based on clinical phenotypes. These regimens were subsequently adopted by other national guidelines, and since then, have been backed up by new evidence. In this 2017 update, the original severity classification has been replaced by a much simpler risk classification (low or high risk), on the basis of lung function, dyspnea grade, and history of exacerbations, while determination of clinical phenotype is recommended only in high-risk patients...
June 2017: Archivos de Bronconeumología