Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): key references and evidence

References

Adeloye, D., Song, P., Zhu, Y., Campbell, H., Sheikh, A. and Rudan, I., 2022. Global, regional, and national prevalence of, and risk factors for, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in 2019: a systematic review and modelling analysis. The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, 10(5), pp.447-458. Available at: Global, regional, and national prevalence of, and risk factors for, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in 2019: a systematic review and modelling analysis - The Lancet Respiratory Medicine

Gerayeli, F.V., Milne, S., Cheung, C., Li, X., Yang, C.W.T., Tam, A., Choi, L.H., Bae, A. and Sin, D.D., 2021. COPD and the risk of poor outcomes in COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis. EClinicalMedicine, 33. Available at: COPD and the risk of poor outcomes in COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis - eClinicalMedicine (thelancet.com)

International Respiratory Coalition, 2024. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Available at: COPD - International Respiratory Coalition (IRC) (international-respiratory-coalition.org)

Josephs, L., Culliford, D., Johnson, M. and Thomas, M., 2019. COPD overdiagnosis in primary care: a UK observational study of consistency of airflow obstruction. NPJ primary care respiratory medicine, 29(1), p.33. Available at: COPD overdiagnosis in primary care: a UK observational study of consistency of airflow obstruction | npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine (nature.com)

Lopez, A.D., Collishaw, N.E. and Piha, T., 1994. A descriptive model of the cigarette epidemic in developed countries. Tobacco control, 3(3), p.242. Available at: A descriptive model of the cigarette epidemic in developed countries - PMC (nih.gov)

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, 2024. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Summary. Available at: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | Health topics A to Z | CKS | NICE

Zysman, M. and Raherison-Semjen, C., 2022. Women's COPD. Frontiers in medicine, 8, p.600107. Available at: Frontiers | Women's COPD (frontiersin.org)

Effectiveness evidence

ScotPHO's purpose is to describe the pattern of health across the Scottish population. As a supplementary service to users, we include the following links to external sources of quality-assured evidence on effectiveness of interventions which may include relevant material for this topic. These links are provided as an aid to users. They are by no means exhaustive, nor should they be necessarily viewed as authoritative.

Centre for Reviews and Dissemination

Cochrane Library: Browse by topic

EPPI-Centre: Evidence library

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Evidence services: Evidence search

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Guidance: Find guidance

Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN)