The path to personalised medicine in COPD. Issue 9 (29th April 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Agusti, Alvar
• Is Part Of: Thorax. Volume 69:Issue 9(2014)
• Page Start: 857
• Page End: 864
• Publication Date: 2014-04-29
• Subjects: COPD ÀÜ Mechanisms -- COPD Pharmacology; Chest -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Thorax; Chest -- Diseases; Periodicals; Periodicals; 617.54
• DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2014-205507
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0040-6376

Abstract

Abstract: Our understanding of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has changed dramatically over the past two decades. We have moved from an airflow limitation-centric view to the realisation that COPD is a complex and heterogeneous disease, which leads inevitably to the need for personalising the assessment and treatment of patients with COPD. This review provides a brief perspective of the extraordinary transition that the COPD field has experienced in the last two decades, and speculates on how it should/can move forward in the near future in order to really achieve the goal of personalising COPD medicine in the clinic.