An official American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society statement: research questions in COPD
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a leading cause of morbidity, mortality and resource use worldwide. The goal of this official American Thoracic Society (ATS)/European Respiratory Society (ERS) Research Statement is to describe evidence related to diagnosis, assessment, and management...
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Bartolome R. Celli Marc Decramer Jadwiga A. Wedzicha Kevin C. Wilson Alvar A. Agustí Gerard J. Criner William MacNee Barry J. Make Stephen I. Rennard Robert A. Stockley Claus Vogelmeier Antonio Anzueto David H. Au Peter J. Barnes Pierre-Regis Burgel Peter M. Calverley Ciro Casanova Enrico M. Clini Christopher B. Cooper Harvey O. Coxson Daniel J. Dusser Leonardo M. Fabbri Bonnie Fahy Gary T. Ferguson Andrew Fisher Monica J. Fletcher Maurice Hayot John R. Hurst Paul W. Jones Donald A. Mahler François Maltais David M. Mannino Fernando J. Martinez Marc Miravitlles Paula M. Meek Alberto Papi Klaus F. Rabe Nicolas Roche Frank C. Sciurba Sanjay Sethi Nikos Siafakas Don D. Sin Joan B. Soriano James K. Stoller Donald P. Tashkin Thierry Troosters Geert M. Verleden Johny Verschakelen Jorgen Vestbo John W. Walsh George R. Washko Robert A. Wise Emiel F.M. Wouters Richard L. ZuWallack |
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Bartolome R. Celli Marc Decramer Jadwiga A. Wedzicha Kevin C. Wilson Alvar A. Agustí Gerard J. Criner William MacNee Barry J. Make Stephen I. Rennard Robert A. Stockley Claus Vogelmeier Antonio Anzueto David H. Au Peter J. Barnes Pierre-Regis Burgel Peter M. Calverley Ciro Casanova Enrico M. Clini Christopher B. Cooper Harvey O. Coxson Daniel J. Dusser Leonardo M. Fabbri Bonnie Fahy Gary T. Ferguson Andrew Fisher Monica J. Fletcher Maurice Hayot John R. Hurst Paul W. Jones Donald A. Mahler François Maltais David M. Mannino Fernando J. Martinez Marc Miravitlles Paula M. Meek Alberto Papi Klaus F. Rabe Nicolas Roche Frank C. Sciurba Sanjay Sethi Nikos Siafakas Don D. Sin Joan B. Soriano James K. Stoller Donald P. Tashkin Thierry Troosters Geert M. Verleden Johny Verschakelen Jorgen Vestbo John W. Walsh George R. Washko Robert A. Wise Emiel F.M. Wouters Richard L. ZuWallack An official American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society statement: research questions in COPD European Respiratory Review |
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Bartolome R. Celli Marc Decramer Jadwiga A. Wedzicha Kevin C. Wilson Alvar A. Agustí Gerard J. Criner William MacNee Barry J. Make Stephen I. Rennard Robert A. Stockley Claus Vogelmeier Antonio Anzueto David H. Au Peter J. Barnes Pierre-Regis Burgel Peter M. Calverley Ciro Casanova Enrico M. Clini Christopher B. Cooper Harvey O. Coxson Daniel J. Dusser Leonardo M. Fabbri Bonnie Fahy Gary T. Ferguson Andrew Fisher Monica J. Fletcher Maurice Hayot John R. Hurst Paul W. Jones Donald A. Mahler François Maltais David M. Mannino Fernando J. Martinez Marc Miravitlles Paula M. Meek Alberto Papi Klaus F. Rabe Nicolas Roche Frank C. Sciurba Sanjay Sethi Nikos Siafakas Don D. Sin Joan B. Soriano James K. Stoller Donald P. Tashkin Thierry Troosters Geert M. Verleden Johny Verschakelen Jorgen Vestbo John W. Walsh George R. Washko Robert A. Wise Emiel F.M. Wouters Richard L. ZuWallack |
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An official American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society statement: research questions in COPD |
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An official American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society statement: research questions in COPD |
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An official American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society statement: research questions in COPD |
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An official American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society statement: research questions in COPD |
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An official American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society statement: research questions in COPD |
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official american thoracic society/european respiratory society statement: research questions in copd |
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European Respiratory Society |
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European Respiratory Review |
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0905-9180 1600-0617 |
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2015-06-01 |
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a leading cause of morbidity, mortality and resource use worldwide. The goal of this official American Thoracic Society (ATS)/European Respiratory Society (ERS) Research Statement is to describe evidence related to diagnosis, assessment, and management; identify gaps in knowledge; and make recommendations for future research. It is not intended to provide clinical practice recommendations on COPD diagnosis and management. Clinicians, researchers and patient advocates with expertise in COPD were invited to participate. A literature search of Medline was performed, and studies deemed relevant were selected. The search was not a systematic review of the evidence. Existing evidence was appraised and summarised, and then salient knowledge gaps were identified. Recommendations for research that addresses important gaps in the evidence in all areas of COPD were formulated via discussion and consensus. Great strides have been made in the diagnosis, assessment and management of COPD, as well as understanding its pathogenesis. Despite this, many important questions remain unanswered. This ATS/ERS research statement highlights the types of research that leading clinicians, researchers and patient advocates believe will have the greatest impact on patient-centred outcomes. |
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doaj-074508503fce4612b0f991002664fc9d2020-11-25T01:23:07ZengEuropean Respiratory SocietyEuropean Respiratory Review0905-91801600-06172015-06-012413615917210.1183/16000617.0000031500315An official American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society statement: research questions in COPDBartolome R. Celli0Marc Decramer1Jadwiga A. Wedzicha2Kevin C. Wilson3Alvar A. Agustí4Gerard J. Criner5William MacNee6Barry J. Make7Stephen I. Rennard8Robert A. Stockley9Claus Vogelmeier10Antonio Anzueto11David H. Au12Peter J. Barnes13Pierre-Regis Burgel14Peter M. Calverley15Ciro Casanova16Enrico M. Clini17Christopher B. Cooper18Harvey O. Coxson19Daniel J. Dusser20Leonardo M. Fabbri21Bonnie Fahy22Gary T. Ferguson23Andrew Fisher24Monica J. Fletcher25Maurice Hayot26John R. Hurst27Paul W. Jones28Donald A. Mahler29François Maltais30David M. Mannino31Fernando J. Martinez32Marc Miravitlles33Paula M. Meek34Alberto Papi35Klaus F. Rabe36Nicolas Roche37Frank C. Sciurba38Sanjay Sethi39Nikos Siafakas40Don D. Sin41Joan B. Soriano42James K. Stoller43Donald P. Tashkin44Thierry Troosters45Geert M. Verleden46Johny Verschakelen47Jorgen Vestbo48John W. Walsh49George R. Washko50Robert A. Wise51Emiel F.M. Wouters52Richard L. ZuWallack53 Further details of this ATS/ERS Task Force for COPD Research can be found in the acknowledgements section Further details of this ATS/ERS Task Force for COPD Research can be found in the acknowledgements section Further details of this ATS/ERS Task Force for COPD Research can be found in the acknowledgements section Further details of this ATS/ERS Task Force for COPD Research can be found in the acknowledgements section Further details of this ATS/ERS Task Force for COPD Research can be found in the acknowledgements section Further details of this ATS/ERS Task Force for COPD Research can be found in the acknowledgements section Further details of this ATS/ERS Task Force for COPD Research can be found in the acknowledgements section Further details of this ATS/ERS Task Force for COPD Research can be found in the acknowledgements section Further details of this ATS/ERS Task Force for COPD Research can be found in the acknowledgements section Further details of this ATS/ERS Task Force for COPD Research can be found in the acknowledgements section Further details of this ATS/ERS Task Force for COPD Research can be found in the acknowledgements section Further details of this ATS/ERS Task Force for COPD Research can be found in the acknowledgements section Further details of this ATS/ERS Task Force for COPD Research can be found in the acknowledgements section Further details of this ATS/ERS Task Force for COPD Research can be found in the acknowledgements section Further details of this ATS/ERS Task Force for COPD Research can be found in the acknowledgements section Further details of this ATS/ERS Task Force for COPD Research can be found in the acknowledgements section Further details of this ATS/ERS Task Force for COPD Research can be found in the acknowledgements section Further details of this ATS/ERS Task Force for COPD Research can be found in the acknowledgements section Further details of this ATS/ERS Task Force for COPD Research can be found in the acknowledgements section Further details of this ATS/ERS Task Force for COPD Research can be found in the acknowledgements section Further details of this ATS/ERS Task Force for COPD Research can be found in the acknowledgements section Further details of this ATS/ERS Task Force for COPD Research can be found in the acknowledgements section Further details of this ATS/ERS Task Force for COPD Research can be found in the acknowledgements section Further details of this ATS/ERS Task Force for COPD Research can be found in the acknowledgements section Further details of this ATS/ERS Task Force for COPD Research can be found in the acknowledgements section Further details of this ATS/ERS Task Force for COPD Research can be found in the acknowledgements section Further details of this ATS/ERS Task Force for COPD Research can be found in the acknowledgements section Further details of this ATS/ERS Task Force for COPD Research can be found in the acknowledgements section Further details of this ATS/ERS Task Force for COPD Research can be found in the acknowledgements section Further details of this ATS/ERS Task Force for COPD Research can be found in the acknowledgements section Further details of this ATS/ERS Task Force for COPD Research can be found in the acknowledgements section Further details of this ATS/ERS Task Force for COPD Research can be found in the acknowledgements section Further details of this ATS/ERS Task Force for COPD Research can be found in the acknowledgements section Further details of this ATS/ERS Task Force for COPD Research can be found in the acknowledgements section Further details of this ATS/ERS Task Force for COPD Research can be found in the acknowledgements section Further details of this ATS/ERS Task Force for COPD Research can be found in the acknowledgements section Further details of this ATS/ERS Task Force for COPD Research can be found in the acknowledgements section Further details of this ATS/ERS Task Force for COPD Research can be found in the acknowledgements section Further details of this ATS/ERS Task Force for COPD Research can be found in the acknowledgements section Further details of this ATS/ERS Task Force for COPD Research can be found in the acknowledgements section Further details of this ATS/ERS Task Force for COPD Research can be found in the acknowledgements section Further details of this ATS/ERS Task Force for COPD Research can be found in the acknowledgements section Further details of this ATS/ERS Task Force for COPD Research can be found in the acknowledgements section Further details of this ATS/ERS Task Force for COPD Research can be found in the acknowledgements section Further details of this ATS/ERS Task Force for COPD Research can be found in the acknowledgements section Further details of this ATS/ERS Task Force for COPD Research can be found in the acknowledgements section Further details of this ATS/ERS Task Force for COPD Research can be found in the acknowledgements section Further details of this ATS/ERS Task Force for COPD Research can be found in the acknowledgements section Further details of this ATS/ERS Task Force for COPD Research can be found in the acknowledgements section Further details of this ATS/ERS Task Force for COPD Research can be found in the acknowledgements section Further details of this ATS/ERS Task Force for COPD Research can be found in the acknowledgements section Further details of this ATS/ERS Task Force for COPD Research can be found in the acknowledgements section Further details of this ATS/ERS Task Force for COPD Research can be found in the acknowledgements section Further details of this ATS/ERS Task Force for COPD Research can be found in the acknowledgements section Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a leading cause of morbidity, mortality and resource use worldwide. The goal of this official American Thoracic Society (ATS)/European Respiratory Society (ERS) Research Statement is to describe evidence related to diagnosis, assessment, and management; identify gaps in knowledge; and make recommendations for future research. It is not intended to provide clinical practice recommendations on COPD diagnosis and management. Clinicians, researchers and patient advocates with expertise in COPD were invited to participate. A literature search of Medline was performed, and studies deemed relevant were selected. The search was not a systematic review of the evidence. Existing evidence was appraised and summarised, and then salient knowledge gaps were identified. Recommendations for research that addresses important gaps in the evidence in all areas of COPD were formulated via discussion and consensus. Great strides have been made in the diagnosis, assessment and management of COPD, as well as understanding its pathogenesis. Despite this, many important questions remain unanswered. This ATS/ERS research statement highlights the types of research that leading clinicians, researchers and patient advocates believe will have the greatest impact on patient-centred outcomes.http://err.ersjournals.com/content/24/136/159.full |