2023 GOLD International COPD Conference
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| Check-in, Breakfast, and Exhibit Hall |
| Breakfast Symposium |
| Welcome and Introduction |
| Session 1: Definition and Severity Classification of COPD Exacerbations: Time for a Change? |
- – Why a New Definition? Dyspnea as the Cardinal Symptom
- – “Measure What is Measurable” – Galileo Galilei
- – “Exacerbation or Not Exacerbation?” – That is the Question
- – Panel Discussion
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| Morning Break and Exhibit Hall |
| Session 2: Role of Respiratory Infections in Patients With COPD |
- – Epidemiology and Pathogenesis of Respiratory Infections in Patients with COPD
- – New Methods to Detect Bacterial or Viral Infections in Patients with COPD
- – Vaccinations to Prevent Infections in Patients with COPD
- – Panel Discussion
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| Session 3: GOLD 2024 Update |
- – What’s New in GOLD 2024
- – Questions and Answers
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| Lunch Break |
- – WHO/GARD: Improving Availability and Affordability of WHO Essential Inhaled Medicines in Low- and Middle-income Countries
- – Lunch Symposium
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Session 4: Reducing Mortality in COPD: Achieving the Holy Grail
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- – Mortality of Patients with COPD
- – Pharmacological Interventions and Mortality
- – Nonpharmacological Therapies and Mortality
- – Panel Discussion
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Session 5: Assistive Devices in Patients with COPD
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- – Advances in Oxygen Therapy – Benefits and Limitations
- – Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation for Chronic Hypercapnic Patients
- – Sleep Apnea: COPD and the Heart
- – Panel Discussion
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| Exhibit Hall Break |
Session 6: The Future of COPD
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- – Beyond Cigarettes, What Else to Watch for?
- – Moving the Field Forward: Time for Action
- – Panel Discussion
- – Adjournment
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