Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease - A Current Conspectus provides an update on COPD related to the following topics: merging of experience with technology in confronting COPD, air pollution and work-related exposures as major causes of COPD, heterogeneity of COPD caused by smoke from cigarettes and biomass fuel, disease-related contributors of health status in COPD, exercise training in the context of pulmonary rehabilitation, nutritional interventions in COPD, mechanical ventilation in COPD, use of patient-directed music listening during mechanical ventilation. |