DOI: 10.1055/s-00000075

Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Issue 04 · Volume 36 · August 2015 DOI: 10.1055/s-005-29867 COPD: Evolving Concepts in Treatment Guest Editor: Donald P. Tashkin, MD

Preface

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Tashkin, Donald P.: Advances in Prevention and Treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

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Rosenberg, Sharon R.; Kalhan, Ravi; Mannino, David M.: Epidemiology of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Prevalence, Morbidity, Mortality, and Risk Factors
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Strange, Charlie; Beiko, Tatsiana: Treatment of Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency
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Rennard, Stephen I.: The Promise of Observational Studies (ECLIPSE, SPIROMICS, and COPDGene) in Achieving the Goal of Personalized Treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
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Tashkin, Donald P.: Smoking Cessation in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
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Barnes, Peter J.: Identifying Molecular Targets for New Drug Development for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: What Does the Future Hold?
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Calverley, Peter; Vlies, Ben: New Pharmacotherapeutic Approaches for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
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Singh, Supriya; Kanbar-Agha, Faisal; Sharafkhaneh, Amir: Novel Aerosol Delivery Devices
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Barjaktarevic, Igor; Cooper, Christopher B.: Supplemental Oxygen Therapy for Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
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Nici, Linda; ZuWallack, Richard: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease—Evolving Concepts in Treatment: Advances in Pulmonary Rehabilitation
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Putcha, Nirupama; Drummond, M. Bradley; Wise, Robert A.; Hansel, Nadia N.: Comorbidities and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Prevalence, Influence on Outcomes, and Management
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Marchetti, Nathaniel; Criner, Gerard J.: Surgical Approaches to Treating Emphysema: Lung Volume Reduction Surgery, Bullectomy, and Lung Transplantation
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Gompelmann, D.; Eberhardt, R.; Herth, F. J. F.: Novel Endoscopic Approaches to Treating Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Emphysema
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Hoo, Guy W. Soo: The Role of Noninvasive Ventilation in the Hospital and Outpatient Management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
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Bourbeau, J.; Lavoie, K. L.; Sedeno, M.: Comprehensive Self-Management Strategies