3)     COPD Exacerbation (LO2): (updated 10/25/22)

a.  American Family Physician - “Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Diagnosis and Management” April 1, 2017

https://www.aafp.org/dam/brand/aafp/pubs/afp/issues/2017/0401/p433.pdf

Cochrane - “Role of Mucolytics in the Treatment of Chronic Bronchitis or COPD” July 1, 2020;

https://www.aafp.org/dam/brand/aafp/pubs/afp/issues/2020/0701/p16.pdf

b.  New England Journal of Medicine “The Asthma-COPD Overlap Syndrome” September 24, 2015;

http://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMra1411863

“Triple Inhaled Therapy at Two Glucocorticoid Doses in Moderate-to-Very Severe COPD” July 2, 2020;

https://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMoa1916046?articleTools=true

“Update in Clinical Aspects of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease” September 26, 2019;

https://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMra1900500?articleTools=true

c.  UptoDate - “Management of acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease”- (REQUIRED READING)

https://www.uptodate.com/contents/management-of-exacerbations-of-chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease?search=copd exacerbation&source=search_result&selectedTitle=1~150&usage_type=default&display_rank=1#H22

d.  Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD): 2020 Update-Power Point:

https://goldcopd.org/gold-teaching-slide-set/

“Global Strategy for the Diagnosis, Management and Prevention of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease”- 2020 Report;

https://goldcopd.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/GOLD-2020-FINAL-ver1.2-03Dec19_WMV.pdf