title: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: respiratory review of 2013.
abstract: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common airway disease that has considerable impact on disease burdens and mortality rates. A large number of articles on COPD are published within the last few years. Many aspects on COPD ranging from risk factors to management have continued to be fertile fields of investigation. This review summarizes 6 clinical articles with regards to the risk factors, phenotype, assessment, exacerbation, management and prognosis of patients with COPD which were being published last year in major medical journals.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University Hospital, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea.
authors.forename: Yu-Il
authors.initials: YI
authors.lastname: Kim
keywords: Airway Obstruction; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive; Review