title: [A clinical practice guideline for diagnosis and treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease].
abstract: The World Health Organization (WHO) in 2000 considered that 274 million people died in the world because of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Global mortality by COPD depends on the stage of the disease and 30 to 48 % die during the next four to seven years after the diagnosis. The global burden of disease for the 2020 measurement through the years of potential life lost (YPLL) estimates that COPD is in the 10th place at world-wide level. The great variability in the care of the patients with COPD, as well as the increase in the number of patients with acute exacerbations makes necessary the development of a clinical practice guideline to standardize the treatment and the interventions of rehabilitation, nutrition in the three levels of health care with the objective to improve the quality of care and to promote the efficient use of the resources.
authors.affiliation: Hospital General, Centro Médico Nacional La Raza, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
authors.forename: Víctor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Huízar-Hernández
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Parga
authors.forename: Miguel Ángel
authors.initials: MÁ
authors.lastname: Sánchez-Mécatl
authors.forename: Marcela Patricia
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Nájera-Cruz
authors.forename: Joel
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Alvarado-Fuentes
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: del Pilar Torres-Arreola
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003422:Critical Care; D006801:Humans; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*