BARCELONA, 15 (EUROPA PRESS)
Around 300 specialists in Pulmonology and thoracic surgery have started Thursday in Barcelona VIII Symposium of respiratory diseases, which aims to delve into the personalized treatment of the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
A key speech specialists that focus is the differentiation by phenotypes of patients with COPD, that may be a step forward for the election of a more appropriate treatment, reported the Organization of the meeting through a press release.
The recent discovery of multiple phenotypes enabled to understand COPD as an inflammatory disease of a general nature, but it leaves way personalized to the quality of life of patients.
Customizing the treatment also is vital to reduce cardiovascular disease, which show a higher prevalence among COPD patients.
Symposium will also analyse the latest developments in bronchoscopy, tuberculosis and lung cancer.
