The 2024 COPD GOLD Report: A Guideline Topline, Part 1
Updates in the Global Initiative for Obstructive Lung Disease report include using spirometry values in diagnosis and optimizing inhaled pharmacotherapy.
COPD clinical presentation
Confirm COPD with spirometry
Assess spirometry results in context before diagnosing COPD
Confirm spirometry results before making a definitive COPD diagnosis
GOLD report 2024 recommendations for pre-spirometry bronchodilation
GOLD 2024 grades and severity of airflow obstruction in COPD
Consider "pre-COPD" or PRISm (Preserved Ratio Impaired Spirometry) if ratio is normal but spirometry results are not
GOLD proposed taxonomy for COPD
GOLD proposed taxonomy for COPD
GOLD-recommended assessment to guide COPD therapy
Please click HERE for Guideline Topline part 1
Source: Global Strategy for the Diagnosis, Management, and Prevention of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (2024 Report). Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease, Inc. 2024. https://goldcopd.org/2024-gold-report/.
The 2024 Global Initiative for Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) report provides several updates in the diagnosis and management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) after the major revisions made in 2023.
Above is part 1 of our GOLD Report guideline topline slideshow, which summarizes the updates for a quick, at-a-glance review. Click through these topline notes on best practices in use of spirometry for diagnosis of COPD, confirming spirometry results, and the GOLD grades for COPD severity based on measured airflow obstruction.
