Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease 2023 Report: GOLD Executive Summary.

Abstract

The Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) has published the complete 2023 GOLD report, which can be freely downloaded from its web page ([www.goldcopd.org][1]) together with a “pocket guide” and “teaching slide set” [1]. It contains important changes compared to earlier versions, and incorporates 387 new references [1]. Here, we present an executive summary of this GOLD 2023 report [1] that summarizes aspects that a) are relevant from a cliniciańs perspective and b) updates evidence published since the prior executive summary in 2017. Footnotes This manuscript has recently been accepted for publication in the European Respiratory Journal . It is published here in its accepted form prior to copyediting and typesetting by our production team. After these production processes are complete and the authors have approved the resulting proofs, the article will move to the latest issue of the ERJ online. Please open or download the PDF to view this article. [1]: http://www.goldcopd.org