The best practice of COPD management is changing. After smoking cessation, preventing exacerbations is probably the major priority in managing COPD patients to not only slow lung function decline but also to help lower the risk of cardiovascular events.
Recent guidelines have altered recommendations on the assessment and treatment of COPD based on the latest evidence. Now, recording exacerbations is of major importance, as is investigating the blood eosinophil count and deciding whether or not an inhaled corticosteroid will be worthwhile or whether it is more likely to cause complications.

In this Healthed lecture, international respiratory physician, Professor David Price provides a succinct and practical guide to the latest developments in COPD management and the evidence that underpins these developments.

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