Under Pulmonary Disease section from NICE published on December 2018 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a chronic inflammatory lung disease that causes obstruction of the airflow in the lungs. According to the recent epidemiological data, COPD will be the third leading cause of death by 2020. Many patients with COPD often develop acute exacerbation and require admission to intensive care units. Notably, only about half of COPD cases are of bacterial origin; nonetheless, COPD patients with an acute exacerbation are initiated on antibiotics without any clear high-quality evidence of improved patient outcome.
To address this issue, the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) issued a guideline for prescribing antibiotics to adult patients with acute exacerbation of COPD. What Is This Guideline About? This guideline aims to provide an optimized and…
