What is pre-COPD and do we know how to treat it?
Davor PlavecŽarko VrbicaPublished in: Expert review of respiratory medicine (2024)
No early case-finding programs have been proposed or validated, so we still have many patients diagnosed in the late stage of the disease. Clinically manifest COPD is characterized as typically progressive and irreversible with current therapeutic options. If we aim to reduce the mortality and morbidity from COPD we should target these steps: Prevention; Early diagnosis; Form registries of persons at risk for COPD development; Diagnose preclinical COPD; and discover new preventive therapeutic interventions.
Keyphrases
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- lung function
- multiple sclerosis
- newly diagnosed
- end stage renal disease
- physical activity
- ejection fraction
- type diabetes
- cystic fibrosis
- air pollution
- risk factors
- cardiovascular disease
- prognostic factors
- mesenchymal stem cells
- coronary artery disease
- bone marrow
- cell therapy
- patient reported