Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): Treatment and Management
A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "Pulmonology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 856
Special Issue Editors
Interests: lung; spirometry; lung diseases; airway obstruction; asthma management; ventilation; respiratory physiology; allergic diseases; diagnosis; inflammatory bowel disease
2. Cardio-Thoracic and Vascular Department, University Hospital of Parma, 43126 Parma, Italy
Interests: asthma; lung; sputum; lung diseases; spirometry; airway obstruction; respiratory physiology; cystic fibrosis
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major global health problem due to its high prevalence (10% of the adult population), rising incidence and very significant associated personal, social, and economic costs. The old view that COPD is a single disease caused by smoking and characterized by an accelerated rate of lung function decline that occurs in (mostly) older males is outdated and incomplete. Recent data support a different pathogenic paradigm that considers that COPD is a polygenic disease with a significant epigenetic component and multiple environmental risk factors interact and accumulate through life in complex ways to determine the clinical manifestations. Although few novel treatments have been approved for COPD in the past 5 years, advances have been made in targeting specific subpopulations with existing therapies using new biomarker-based strategies. Additionally, COVID-19 has undeniably affected individuals with COPD, who are not only at higher risk for severe disease manifestations than healthy individuals but are also negatively affected by interruptions in healthcare delivery and social isolation. This Special Issue reviews COPD with an emphasis on recent advances in epidemiology, pathophysiology, imaging, diagnosis, and treatment.
Dr. Maurizio Marvisi
Prof. Dr. Alfredo Antonio Chetta
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- COPD
- treatable traits
- precision medicine
- COPD comorbidities
- COPD mortality
