COPD Stages and the GOLD Criteria. Medically Reviewed by Poonam Sachdev on May 14, 2023. Written by Matthew Hoffman, MD. What Is the GOLD System for Grading COPD? Spirometry and Your COPD Stage; ...

“COPD is not a stagnant disease,” Gerard J. Criner, MD, FACP, FACCP, director of the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) International COPD conference, told Healio.

The new 2023 GOLD recommendations represent a meaningful change for the treatment of COPD by prioritising the utilisation of a fixed LAMA/LABA combination. From a physician’s perspective, these GOLD ...

The GOLD system previously classified COPD from stages 1 to 4 solely based on your lung capacity measured by a spirometry test. But the newest GOLD guidelines combine your spirometry results with ...

The Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease, or GOLD, COPD exacerbation history groups were “mediocre” in estimating moderate and severe exacerbation risk at 1 and 4 years ...

Comparison measures of lung function and improved categorization of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk were among the key updates to the 2025 report from the Global Initiative for Chronic ...

Substantial challenges characterise the management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), including a progressively ...

High-altitude travel caused adverse effects in 37.8% of patients with COPD and resulted in ... (4.7 kg/m 2), and 61% were Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) stage 2 ...