title: Executive summary: prevention of acute exacerbation of COPD: American College of Chest Physicians and Canadian Thoracic Society Guideline.
authors.affiliation: Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA. Electronic address: gerard.criner@tuhs.temple.edu.
authors.forename: Gerard J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Criner
authors.affiliation: Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Montreal Chest Institute, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada.
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bourbeau
authors.affiliation: American College of Chest Physicians, Glenview, IL.
authors.forename: Rebecca L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Diekemper
authors.affiliation: Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI.
authors.forename: Daniel R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Ouellette
authors.affiliation: College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.
authors.forename: Donna
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Goodridge
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hernandez
authors.affiliation: Canadian Thoracic Society, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Kristen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Curren
authors.affiliation: Division of Respirology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Meyer S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Balter
authors.affiliation: University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
authors.forename: Mohit
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bhutani
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Therapy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
authors.forename: Pat G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Camp
authors.affiliation: Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Bartolome R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Celli
authors.affiliation: School of Physiotherapy, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
authors.forename: Gail
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dechman
authors.affiliation: University of Alabama at Birmingham and Birmingham VA Medical Center, Birmingham, AL.
authors.forename: Mark T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Dransfield
authors.affiliation: Medical Center/Atlantic Health System, Morristown, NJ.
authors.forename: Stanley B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Fiel
authors.affiliation: Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA.
authors.forename: Marilyn G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Foreman
authors.affiliation: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
authors.forename: Nicola A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Hanania
authors.affiliation: The Evidence Doc, Pacific, MO.
authors.forename: Belinda K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Ireland
authors.affiliation: Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA.
authors.forename: Nathaniel
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Marchetti
authors.affiliation: Division of Respirology, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Royal University Hospital, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.
authors.forename: Darcy D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Marciniuk
authors.affiliation: Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, Portland, OR.
authors.forename: Richard A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Mularski
authors.affiliation: American College of Chest Physicians, Glenview, IL.
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ornelas
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
authors.forename: Jeremy D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Road
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
authors.forename: Michael K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Stickland
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D019468:Disease Management; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000517:prevention & control*; D015272:Pulmonary Medicine / Q000592:standards*; D012008:Recurrence; D012955:Societies, Medical; D014481:United States