Practical Management of COPD: Strategies, Treatments, and Considerations

The chapter delves into the practical management of COPD in a 60-year-old woman with gold group C severity COPD, addressing initial treatment with a single bronchodilator, cardiac comorbidities, smoking cessation, vaccinations, exercise, and pulmonary rehabilitation. It explores treatment choices outlined in the GOLD criteria for group B and D patients, including monotherapy options, combination therapy of LABA and LAMA, and triple therapy. Advanced medical therapies like chronic azithromycin and riflumelast, rescue packs, acetylcysteine use, spirometry diagnosis, self-directed exercise, and educating patients on inhaler use are also discussed for comprehensive COPD management.