title: [Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and international guidelines].
abstract: This is a short summary of the present situation of the guidelines about the diagnosis, management and treatment of COPD. Some insights on the future GOLD guidelines to be published during this year are presented, as well as some possible future treatments to come, according to some articles concerning promising new drugs.
authors.affiliation: Service de Pneumologie, Université de Liège.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bartsch
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D008173:Lung Diseases, Obstructive / Q000628:therapy*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic