Standard for the Diagnosis

Eur Respir J 2004; 23: 932–946 DOI: 10.1183/09031936.04.00014304 Printed in UK – all rights reserved

Copyright #ERS Journals Ltd 2004 European Respiratory Journal ISSN 0903-1936

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Standards for the diagnosis and treatment of patients with COPD: a summary of the ATS/ERS position paper

B.R. Celli*, W. MacNee*, and committee members

Committee members: A. Agusti, A. Anzueto, B. Berg, A.S. Buist, P.M.A. Calverley, N. Chavannes, T. Dillard, B. Fahy, A. Fein, J. Heffner, S. Lareau, P. Meek, F. Martinez, W. McNicholas, J. Muris, E. Austegard, R. Pauwels, S. Rennard, A. Rossi, N. Siafakas, B. Tiep, J. Vestbo, E. Wouters, R. ZuWallack

*Pulmonary and Critical Care Division, St Elizabeth9s Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

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Respiratory Medicine ELEGI, Colt Research Lab Wilkie Building, Medical School, Teviot Place, Edinburgh, UK.

CONTENTS CONTENTS Management of stable COPD: surgery in and for COPD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 938 Surgery in COPD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 938 Surgery for COPD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 938 Management of stable COPD: sleep . . . . . . . . . . . . 938 Management of stable COPD: air-travel . . . . . . . . . 939 Exacerbation of COPD: definition, evaluation and treatment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 939 Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 939 Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 940 Indication for hospitalisation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 940 Indications for admission to specialised or intensive care unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 940 Treatment of exacerbations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 940 Exacerbation of COPD: inpatient oxygen therapy. . . 940 Setting and adjusting oxygen flow . . . . . . . . . . . 941 Monitoring following hospital discharge. . . . . . . 941...