Making a Diagnosis of COPD

Confirming a diagnosis of COPD
Referral for high value interventions
Categorise the patient into three COPD phenotypes
The Clinical Assessment
Confirming a diagnosis of COPD
The breathlessness pathway
Subjective clinical impression of COPD
Screening or case finding?
Pre and post bronchodilator spirometry
Spirometry and COPD diagnosis
Consider a differential diagnosis
Asthma COPD Overlap Syndrome (ACOS)
The impact of misdiagnosis

Providing High-Value Care
Inhaler Technique Check
Inhaler Technique Check
Getting the diagnosis right for patients on the COPD register
Getting the diagnosis right for patients on the COPD register

Global Strategy for the Diagnosis, Management and Prevention of COPD
Quality Assured Diagnostic Spirometry for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
NICE Quality Standard: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults
Opportunities to diagnose COPD in routine care in the UK: a retrospective study of a clinical cohort
Diagnosis and management of COPD in primary care