[Guideline for the Diagnosis and Treatment of COPD Patients - Issued by the German Respiratory Society and the German Atemwegsliga in Cooperation with the Austrian Society of Pneumology]

This document is a revision of the guideline for diagnosis and treatment of COPD that replaces the version from 2007. A multitude of recent reports regarding risk factors, diagnosis, assessment, prevention and pharmacological as well as non-pharmacological treatment options made a major revision mandatory. The new guideline is based on the GOLD document taking into account specifics in Germany and Austria.

• Vogelmeier, C.
• Buhl, R.
• Burghuber, O.
• Criee, C. P.
• Ewig, S.
• Godnic-Cvar, J.
• Hartl, S.
• Herth, F.
• Kardos, P.
• Kenn, K.
• Nowak, D.
• Rabe, K. F.
• Studnicka, M.
• Watz, H.
• Welte, T.
• Windisch, W.
• Worth, H.
• unter Mitwirkung der folgenden wissenschaftlichen Fachgesellschaften: Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Arbeitsmedizin und Umweltmedizin e, V.
• Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Rehabilitationswissenschaften e, V.