Tabla de Contenidos:
  • INTRODUCTION; COPD IS A SYSTEMIC DISEASE
  • THE PATHPHYSIOLOGICAL BASIS; COPD IS NOT A SYSTEMIC DISEASE
  • THE PATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL BASIS; DISCUSSION ON THE PATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL BASIS OF COPD; COPD AND SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATION: MYTH OR REALITY? REALITY; COPD AND SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATION: MYTH OR REALITY? MYTH; DISCUSSION ON COPD AND SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATION: MYTH OR REALITY?; BIOMARKERS OF SYSTEMIC INVOLVEMENT IN STABLE COPD: DO THEY EXIST? YES; BIOMARKERS OF SYSTEMIC INOLVEMENT IN STABLE COPD: DO THEY EXIST? NO; DISCUSSION ON BIOMARKERS OF SYSTEMIC INVOLVEMENT IN STABLE COPD: DO THEY EXIST?
  • DISCUSSION IN-DEPTH OF TOPICS PRESENTED IN THE MORNING, WITH A VIEW TO REACHING A CONSENSUS OR DISSENSUSBIOMARKERS OF SYSTEMIC INVOLVEMENT IN ACUTE EXACERBATIONS OF COPD: IS THERE OVERWHELMING EVIDENCE? YES; IS THERE EVIDENCE FROM BIOMARKERS OF SYSTEMIC INVOLVEMENT IN COPD EXACERBATIONS? NO; DISCUSSION ON: IS THERE OVERWHELMING EVIDENCE FROM BIOMARKERS OF SYSTEMIC INVOLVEMENT IN COPD EXACERBATIONS?; SCIENCE AT THE BEDSIDE. IS COPD A RESPIRATORY DISEASE WITH PROMINENT SYSTEMIC IMPLICATIONS OR A SYSTEMIC DISEASE WITH PULMONARY SYMPTOMS?
  • DISCUSSION ON: IS COPD A RESPIRATORY DISEASE WITH PROMINENT SYSTEMIC IMPLICATIONS OR A SYSTEMIC CONDITION WITH PULMONARY SYMPTOMS?APPROACH TO COPD: RESPIRATORY OR SYSTEMIC TREATMENT? RESPIRATORY APPROACH; APPROACH TO COPD: RESPIRATORY OR SYSTEMIC TREATMENT? SYSTEMIC APPROACH; DISCUSSION ON THE APPROACH TO COPD: RESPIRATORY OR SYSTEMIC TREATMENT?; GUIDELINES AND CLINICAL PRACTICE: MYTH OR REALITY?
  • MYTH; GUIDELINES AND CLINICAL PRACTICE: MYTH OR REALITY?
  • REALITY; DISCUSSION ON: GUIDELINES AND CLINICAL PRACTICE: MYTH OR REALITY?
  • DISCUSSION IN-DEPTH OF TOPICS PRESENTED IN THE AFTERNOON, WITH A VIEW TO REACHING A CONSENSUS OR DISSENSUSSUMMING UP AND FINAL REMARKS; INDEX.