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SUBMITTER: Singh D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6615221 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Singh Dave D D'Urzo Anthony D AD Donohue James F JF Kerwin Edward M EM
Respiratory research 20190708 1
There is increasing focus on understanding the nature of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) during the earlier stages. Mild COPD (Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease [GOLD] stage 1 or the now-withdrawn GOLD stage 0) represents an early stage of COPD that may progress to more severe disease. This review summarises the disease burden of patients with mild COPD and discusses the evidence for treatment intervention in this subgroup.Overall, patients with mild COPD suffer ...[more]