The COPD-X Plan

Australian and New Zealand Guidelines

for the management of

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

2018

This document should be cited as:
Yang IA, Brown JL, George J, Jenkins S, McDonald CF, McDonald V, Smith B, Zwar N, Dabscheck E. The COPD-X Plan: Australian and New Zealand Guidelines for the management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 2018. Version 2.55, August 2018.

Originally published as:
David K McKenzie, Peter A Frith, Jonathan G W Burdon and G Ian Town. The COPDX Plan: Australian and New Zealand Guidelines for the management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 2003. MJA 2003 178(6 Suppl 17 Mar): S1-S40 www.mja.com.au/public/issues/178_06_170303/tho10508_all.html

MJA Clinical Practice Update
Michael J Abramson, Alan J Crockett, Peter A Frith and Christine F McDonald. COPDX: an update of guidelines for the management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with a review of recent evidence. MJA 2006; 184 (7): 342-345 www.mja.com.au/public/issues/184_07_030406/abr10742_fm.html

MJA Guideline Summary
Ian A Yang, Juliet L Brown, Johnson George, Sue Jenkins, Christine F McDonald, Vanessa M McDonald, Kirsten Phillips, Brian J Smith, Nicholas A Zwar and Eli Dabscheck. COPD-X Australian and New Zealand guidelines for the diagnosis and management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: 2017 update. Med J Aust 2017; 207 (10): 436-442. doi: 10.5694/mja17.00686. Published online: 20 November 2017
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