Open Access<p>2011 GOLD Stages of COPD: Transitions, Predictor Factors and Comparison with 2017 GOLD Stages</p>
Author(s) -
Roberto Bernabéu-Mora,
Ma Piedad Sánchez-Martínez,
Joaquina MontillaHerrador,
Silvana Loana de Oliveira-Sousa,
Mariano GactoSánchez,
Françesc Medina-Mirapeix
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease/international journal of copd
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1178-2005
pISSN - 1176-9106
DOI - 10.2147/copd.s254434
Subject(s) - copd , medicine , gold standard (test) , pulmonary disease , bode index , obstructive lung disease , cardiology , pulmonary rehabilitation
Despite wide use of the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (GOLD) 2011, little is known about between-stage transitions and what factors predict worsening transitions in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).