Novel COPD Diagnosis and Management Criteria

Novel COPD Diagnosis and Management Criteria

The landscape of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is changing rapidly. Thanks to long-term studies tracking lung function and the integration of advanced imaging and analytic tools, we now have a much deeper understanding of how COPD presents in different patients. The emergence of multiomic technologies has further allowed researchers to uncover distinct biological subtypes—or etiotypes—of the disease.