1. COPD by the Guidelines

3. Introduction

4. Role of Spirometry

5. Implementing Changes to the ABCD Grouping in Practice

6. The Refined ABCD Assessment Tool

7. Pharmacologic Treatment Algorithms

8. Instruments to Assess Symptoms

9. Standardized Tools COPD Assessment Test

10. Standardized Tools mMRC Dyspnea Scale

11. Use of Questionnaires in Practice

12. Strategies to Make Questionnaire Use More Efficient

13. Using the Revised GOLD Recommendations to Make Treatment Decisions in Clinical Practice

14. Individualizing Treatment Plans

15. Use of Biomarkers in the Management of Patients With COPD

16. Blood Eosinophil Count and Predicting Response to Inhaled Corticosteroids

17. Other Biomarkers in COPD

18. Imaging Biomarkers

19. Place of CT Scans in the Management of COPD

20. When to Order a CT Scan in a COPD Patient

21. Concluding Remarks

22. Abbreviations

23. Abbreviations (cont)