This chapter describes the chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD) its diagnosis, management and recent advances. Because it is third leading cause of death in world. It must be given more attention and discussion. COPD was broadly divided into Stable COPD, Infective COPD and Exacerbation COPD all of which have different management criteria. COPD is frequently misdiagnosed with other chronic respiratory diseases but the Global initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease score and the COPD assessment test score help to assess the disease. It is preventable and treatable diseases so the multidisciplinary approach should be followed so that the care of the patient is done in all the dimensions. Pulmonary rehabilitation is one of the advances and it shows major benefits for COPD patients.
Part of the book: COPD [Working title]