Foreword from the Supplement Editors

PETER FRITH, CHRISTINE McDONALD

Précis of the COPD guidelines (the ‘even more concise’ guide to COPD)

IAN YANG, CHRISTINE McDONALD, ELI DABSCHECK
An updated version of this article is available in the December 2015 issue of Medicine Today.

COPD: the need for spirometry and accurate diagnosis

JULIA A.E. WALTERS, PETER FRITH

Putting COPD medications into perspective

CHRISTOPHER WORSNOP

Inhaled medications in COPD: devices and medications

VANESSA M. McDONALD

Partners in COPD management in the primary care setting

PAUL CAFARELLA, TANJA EFFING, KERRY HANCOCK, PETER FRITH

COPD resources available from Lung Foundation Australia

ELIZABETH HARPER