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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - Goals and outcome measures
Goals
- To support primary healthcare professionals:
- To make an accurate diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
- To assess severity of disease
- To refer people appropriately to specialist services
- To refer people appropriately for pulmonary rehabilitation
- To refer people appropriately to other members of the multidisciplinary team
- To advise people on smoking cessation and offer treatment
- To offer people appropriate treatment for managing breathlessness and preventing exacerbations
- To provide people with a self-management plan for recognizing and managing exacerbations
- To provide people with advice on exercise and flying
- To manage acute exacerbations
- To communicate effectively with people with end-stage COPD and offer effective palliative and terminal care
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