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- Title
Ministry of Health Clinical Practice Guidelines: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
- Authors
Tow Keang Lim; Cynthia Chee; Patsy Chow; Gerald Chua; Soo Kiang Eng; Soon Keng Goh; Kwee Keng Kng; Wai Hing Lim; Tze Pin Ng; Thun How Ong; Angeline Seah; Hsien Yung David Tan; Augustine Tee; Vimal Palanichamy; Meredith Yeung; Lim, Tow Keang; Chee, Cynthia B; Chow, Patsy; Chua, Gerald Sw; Eng, Soo Kiang
- Abstract
The Ministry of Health (MOH) has updated the Clinical Practice Guidelines on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) to provide doctors and patients in Singapore with evidence-based treatment for COPD. This article reproduces the introduction and executive summary (with recommendations from the guidelines) from the MOH Clinical Practice Guidelines on COPD, for the information of SMJ readers. Chapters and page numbers mentioned in the reproduced extract refer to the full text of the guidelines, which are available from the Ministry of Health website: https://www.moh.gov.sg/content/moh_web/healthprofessionalsportal/doctors/guidelines/cpg_medical.html. The recommendations should be used with reference to the full text of the guidelines. Following this article are multiple choice questions based on the full text of the guidelines.
- Subjects
SINGAPORE; OBSTRUCTIVE lung disease diagnosis; OBSTRUCTIVE lung disease treatment; STEROID drugs; CHEST X rays; INTERNAL medicine; PALLIATIVE treatment; EVIDENCE-based medicine
- Publication
Singapore Medical Journal, 2018, Vol 59, Issue 2, p76
- ISSN
0037-5675
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.11622/smedj.2018015