CDC - For Clinicians - Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

CDC - For Clinicians - Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

On This Page

• Guidelines, Reports, and References
• COPD General
• Pulmonary Rehabilitation
• Self-Management
• Smoking Cessation
• Vaccinations
• Education Resources for Health Professionals
• Tools
• Patient Resources
• Organizations

Guidelines, Reports, and References

COPD General

• US Department of Veterans Affairs. VA/DOD Clinical Practice Guideline. Management of Outpatient Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. 2014. https://www.healthquality.va.gov/guidelines/cd/copd/
• Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD). Global Strategy for the Diagnosis, Management and Prevention of COPD. 2017. http://goldcopd.org/gold-2017-global-strategy-diagnosis-management-prevention-copd/
• Qaseem A, Wilt TJ, Weinberger SE, et al. Diagnosis and management of stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a clinical practice guideline update from the American College of Physicians, American College of Chest Physicians, American Thoracic Society, and European Respiratory Society. Ann Intern Med. 2011;155(3):179–191. http://www.annals.org/content/155/3/179.full
• Criner GJ, Bourbeau J, Diekemper RL, et al. Prevention of acute exacerbations of COPD: American College of Chest Physicians and Canadian Thoracic Society Guideline. Chest. 2015;147(4):894–942. http://journal.chestnet.org/article/S0012-3692(15)38941-8/abstract

Pulmonary Rehabilitation

• Puhan MA, Gimeno-Santos E, Cates CJ, Troosters T. Pulmonary rehabilitation following exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2016;12:CD005305. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD005305.pub4.
• McCarthy B, Casey D, Devane D, Murphy K, Murphy E, Lacasse Y. Pulmonary rehabilitation for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2015;(2):CD003793. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD003793.pub3.
• Spruit MA, Singh SJ, Garvey C, et al. An official American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society statement: key concepts and advances in pulmonary rehabilitation. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2013;188:e13–e64. http://www.atsjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1164/rccm.201309-1634ST

Self-Management

• Lenferink A, Brusse-Keizer M, van der Valk PD, et al. Self-management interventions including action plans for exacerbations versus usual care in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2017;8:CD011682. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD011682.pub2
• McCabe C, McCann M, Brady AM. Computer and mobile technology interventions for self-management in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2017;5:CD011425. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD011425.pub2.
• Howcroft M, Walters EH, Wood-Baker R, Walters JA. Action plans with brief patient education for exacerbations in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2016;12:CD005074. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD005074.pub4.
• Zwerink M, Brusse-Keizer M, van der Valk PD, et al. Self management for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2014;3:CD002990. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD002990.pub3.

Smoking Cessation

• U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Final Update Summary: Tobacco Smoking Cessation in Adults, Including Pregnant Women: Behavioral and Pharmacotherapy Interventions. https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/Page/Document/UpdateSummaryFinal/tobacco-use-in-adults-and-pregnant-women-counseling-and-interventions1?ds=1&s=tobacco
• U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services. Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update. Clinical Practice Guideline. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK63952/

Vaccinations

• CDC. Lung Disease including Asthma and Adult Vaccination. https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/adults/rec-vac/health-conditions/lung-disease.html

Education Resources for Health Professionals

• COPD Foundation. Pulmonary Empowerment Program for Pulmonary Rehabilitation.
• COPD Foundation. Educational Materials.
• American Thoracic Society. Clinical Resources.
• Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD). Education for Health Professionals.
• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Report: COPD: Tracking Perceptions of Individuals Affected, Their Caregivers, and the Physicians Who Diagnose and Treat Them[PDF – 300KB].

Tools

• COPD Foundation. COPD Risk Screener.
• Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD). Pocket Guide to COPD Diagnosis, Management, and Prevention[PDF – 8.19MB].
• Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD). At-A-Glance Outpatient Management Reference for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)[PDF – 3.11MB].

Patient Resources

• CDC. Smoking Cessation.
• American Thoracic Society. Patient Resources.
• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Information for Patients.

Organizations

• American College of Chest Physicians. http://www.chestnet.org/
• American Thoracic Society. http://www.thoracic.org/
• COPD Foundation. https://www.copdfoundation.org/
• Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD). http://goldcopd.org/