Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Critical Debates

1. The aetiology and epidemiology of chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease
John Corless

2. Why do only a few smokers develop COPD?
Nikos Siafakas, Eleni Tzortzaki, Demosthenes Bouros

3. How should COPD be diagnosed?
Mike Pearson

4. Is it possible for spirometry to become a universal measurement?
David Bellamy

5. Assessment of disability: What test, or combination of tests,
should be used?
Denis O'Donnell, Michael Fitzpatrick

6. Do older patients with COPD need a different approach?
Martin Connolly

7. Do COPD patients develop particular problems in sleep?
Walter McNicholas

8. Is it possible to help people stop smoking?
James Friend

9. Bronchodilators in stable COPD - which one when?
Ronan O'Driscoll

10. Inhaled steroids: Do they still have a role?
Jørgen Vestbo

11. What are the future treatments for COPD?
Peter Barnes

12. What is the role of rehabilitation in COPD?
Peter Wijkstra, Nick Ten Hacken, Johan Wempe, Gerard Koeter

13. Oxygen therapy - is it possible to prescribe rationally and
objectively?
Louise Restrick

14. Chronic obstructive lung disease: what is the role of surgery?
Thomas Waddell, Roger Goldstein

15. What is an acute exacerbation of COPD?
Wisia Wedzicha

16. Which patients with acute COPD exacerbation should receive
ventilatory support?
Mrinal Sircar, Mark Elliott

17. What constitutes success in COPD management?
Wisia Wedzicha, Mike Pearson