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Friday, 19 February 2021, 9:10 am The first-ever New Zealand COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) Guidelines have been published in the New Zealand Medical Journal today, providing a national framework for diagnosis and management of COPD in a New Zealand context. Affecting more than 15% of New Zealand adults over the age of 45, and encompassing emphysema, chronic bronchitis, and chronic airflow obstruction, COPD is irreversible and usually progressive. People with COPD are more at risk to severe illness from contracting COVID-19, as listed on the Ministry of Health s website of severe underlying medical conditions. The guidelines have been developed by the Asthma and Respiratory

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