title: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: an update for the primary physician.
abstract: Our understanding of how to manage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has advanced significantly over the past decade. Physicians should instill optimism for improved symptoms and quality of life in their patients with COPD, a previously stigmatized condition.
authors.affiliation: Quality Improvement Officer, Respiratory Institute, Cleveland Clinic hatipou@ccf.org.
authors.forename: Umur
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Hatipoğlu
authors.affiliation: Respiratory Institute, Cleveland Clinic; Associate Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH.
authors.forename: Loutfi S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Aboussouan
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy