
Key recommendations for primary care from the 2026 GOLD update
2026 GOLD update: key recommendations for primary care on COPD diagnosis, assessment, prevention, treatment, exacerbations and emerging technologies.

2026 GOLD update: key recommendations for primary care on COPD diagnosis, assessment, prevention, treatment, exacerbations and emerging technologies.

Discover how personalized COPD care integrates phenotypes, endotypes, GETomics, trajectome, syndemics, and treatable traits to improve patient outcomes.

Expert consensus on patient-centred strategies to manage multimorbidity in COPD, aiming to improve outcomes and reduce disease burden.

Most patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have at least one additional, clinically relevant chronic disease. Those with the most severe airflow obstruction will die from respiratory failure, but most patients with COPD die from non-respiratory disorders, particularly cardiovascular diseases and cancer.