Epidemiology and prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

TL;DR: The prevalence and the burden of under‐ and overdiagnosis of COPD on both patients and healthcare systems are explored and potential solutions to reduce the incidence are described.

TL;DR: The recognition of coexisting OSA in patients with COPD has important clinical relevance, as the management of patients with overlap syndrome is different from the managementof COPD alone, and the survival of patientsWith overlap syndrome that is not treated with nocturnal positive airway pressure is significantly inferior to that of patients that is appropriately treated.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors measured temporal trends in mortality across three time periods (1959-1965, 1982-1988, and 2000-2010), comparing absolute and relative risks according to sex and selfreported smoking status in two historical cohort studies and in five pooled contemporary cohort studies, among participants who became 55 years of age or older during follow-up.

TL;DR: The use of novel inflammatory mediator-targeted therapeutic agents in selected patients with asthma or COPD and the detection of markers of responsiveness or nonresponsiveness will allow a link between clinical phenotypes and pathophysiological mechanisms to be delineated reaching the goal of endotyping patients.

TL;DR: The main goals of the updated document are to improve the quality of care provided to patients with COPD and to develop the project using a disease-oriented approach.

TL;DR: This report provides a wealth of information that will be an invaluable source of information for those who wish to explore available data on the burden of asthma by region and will be extremely useful to develop background materials for World Asthma Day activities in 2004 and well into the future.

TL;DR: Values below this suggest that further studies, such as split func-tion assessment by quantitative lung scintigraphy and exercisetesting, are warranted, and that all elective surgery Prophylaxis against deep venous throm-bosis should be given before most procedures that will require postoperative bed rest or significantly reduce mobility.

TL;DR: It is a cause of rejoicing to be able to speak here today of World Health Statistics, not as one of the many desiderata still needed as a basis for a vigorous and wholesome international life, but as an accomplished fact.