Abstract

PURPOSE: Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung disease (GOLD) guidelines are universally accepted management guidelines for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary disease (COPD). “COPD Indian guidelines-2003” were formulated to manage the disease specifically in resource poor countries like India where spirometry is often not available. The study was conducted to evaluate the clinical application of these COPD guidelines in diagnosing and staging COPD by comparing them with GOLD guidelines.

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