What you need to know
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The interventions of highest value for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are treatment and support to stop smoking, pulmonary rehabilitation in patients limited by breathlessness, and flu vaccination
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Choice of initial long acting inhaled therapies depends on the presence or absence of asthmatic features/features which suggest steroid responsiveness
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Self management plans improve quality of life and reduce hospital admissions
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Treatment for acute exacerbations of COPD, including rescue packs for patients to use for self management, should be for five days only
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Only prescribe home oxygen for people who are hypoxic and do not smoke currently
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