TY - CHAP AU - Fryderyk Prochaczek AU - Jacek S. Brandt AU - Witold Żmuda AU - Katarzyna R. Świda AU - Zbigniew W. Szczurek AU - Jerzy Gałecka AU - Agnieszka Winiarska ED - Kian-Chung Ong Y1 - 2012-03-02 PY - 2012 T1 - The Six-Minute Walk Test on the Treadmill N2 - A decade or so ago, many clinicians were described as having an unnecessarily 'nihilistic' view of COPD. This has certainly changed over the years... This open access book on COPD provides a platform for scientists and clinicians from around the world to present their knowledge of the disease and up-to-date scientific findings, and avails the reader to a multitude of topics: from recent discoveries in the basic sciences to state-of-the-art interventions on COPD. Management of patients with COPD challenges the whole gamut of Respiratory Medicine - necessarily pushing frontiers in pulmonary function (and exercise) testing, radiologic imaging, pharmaceuticals, chest physiotherapy, intensive care with respiratory therapy, bronchology and thoracic surgery. In addition, multi-disciplinary inputs from other specialty fields such as cardiology, neuro-psychiatry, geriatric medicine and palliative care are often necessary for the comprehensive management of COPD. The recent progress and a multi-disciplinary approach in dealing with COPD certainly bode well for the future. Nonetheless, the final goal and ultimate outcome is in improving the health status and survival of patients with COPD. BT - Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease SP - Ch. 10 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/30473 DO - 10.5772/30473 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-03-29 ER -