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Overview
This guideline by the American College of Chest Physicians and the Canadian Thoracic Society provides a rigorous, evidence-based analysis of randomized controlled trial data regarding the prevention of COPD exacerbations.
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Date: April 1, 2015
Contact: practice@apta.org
Content Type: CPG
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Aged (65+), 80 and over (80+), Middle Aged (45-64), Adult (25-44)
Criner GJ, Bourbeau J, Diekemper RL, Ouellette DR, Goodridge D, Hernandez P, Curren K, Balter MS, Bhutani M, Camp PG, Celli BR, Dechman G, Dransfield MT, Fiel SB, Foreman MG, Hanania NA, Ireland BK, Marchetti N, Marcinuik DD, Mularski RA, Omelas J, Road, JD, Stickland MK; American College of Chest Physicians; Canadian Thoracic Society
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