COPD in the 21st Century

Jadwiga A. Wedzicha is Professor of Respiratory Medicine, Head of the Respiratory Division at the National Heart and Lung Institute (Imperial College London, London, UK), Consul at Imperial College and Honorary Consultant at the Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals (London, UK). James P. Allinson is Consultant Respiratory Physician at the Royal Brompton Hospital (London, UK) and an honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at the National Heart and Lung Institute (Imperial College London, London, UK). Peter M.A. Calverley is Emeritus Professor of Respiratory Medicine at the University of Liverpool (Liverpool, UK) and continues to work in the Institute of Life Courses and Medical Science (University of Liverpool).

The patients’ perspective on living with COPD and their priorities for future research and care; COPD as the new millennium began; Defining COPD in the 21st century; A new understanding of the natural history of COPD; The new epidemiology of COPD; Cardiac comorbidity and COPD: chance or consequence?; Mechanisms and medicators of disease; The microbiome and COPD; Chronic bronchitis revisited; Eosinophils and COPD; Advances in the characterisation of COPD using quantitative imaging; New physiological measurements in COPD; Guidelines and strategies of management; Current pharmacotherapy of COPD; The future drug treatment of COPD; The future of pulmonary rehabilitation in COPD; New insights into the pathophysiology and epidemiology of COPD exacerbations; Managing exacerbations of COPD: how much progress have we made?; Noninvasive ventilation in COPD; Lung volume reduction for emphysema; COPD at a tipping point