COPD diagnosis and management chart
A chart for diagnosing and managing the breathless patient by Dr Noel Baxter
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This flowchart, available for download here, is based on the Impress breathlessness tools and the Lambeth and Southwark chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) guidelines and breathlessness algorithm.
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For more information and for the British Lung Foundation (BLF) COPD patient pathway and self-management pack, visit blf.org.uk/COPD.
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This resource was originally published in Pulse.
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A chart for diagnosing and managing the breathless patient by Dr Noel Baxter.
