Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease 2023. Report: GOLD Executive Summary

Abstract

The Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease(GOLD) has published the complete 2023 GOLD report,which can be freely downloaded from its web page (www.goldcopd.org) together with a “pocket guide” and “teachingslide set” (1). It contains important changes compared toearlier versions, and incorporates 387 new references (1).Here, we present an executive summary of this GOLD 2023report (1) that summarizes aspects that a) are relevant froma clinician’s perspective and b) updates evidence publishedsince the prior executive summary in 2017.