Catching Your Breath in COPD

Target Audience

The educational design of this activity addresses the needs of primary care and pulmonology clinicians, including physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants, who manage patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Educational Objectives

After completing this activity, the participant should be better able to:

• Implement recent guidelines on COPD management, including Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) recommendations, in day-to-day clinical practice
• Discuss recent clinical trial data for triple maintenance therapy in patients with COPD, including prompt initiation
• Tailor maintenance treatment regimens for COPD to reflect symptom severity, exacerbation risk, comorbidities, and patient needs/preferences