
COPD Severity Stages from Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD)
Purpose: | To grade the severity of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) based on clinical and spirometric findings using the GOLD criteria. |
Specialty: | Pulmonology |
Objective: | criteria for diagnosis, severity, prognosis, stage |
ICD-10: | J44 |
Description: | The Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) graded severity of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), based primarily on spirometric findings. |
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