Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Understanding The Global GOLD Strategy

By Young Lindsay


The periodic reports on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease have made it easier to improve management in different parts of the world. They have helped enhance the global Gold strategy in its attempt to provide a uniform approach to the cases around the world. The aim is to ensure that diagnosis, treatment and management is improved from time to time.

The recommendations made by the 2014 report include a new approach to management. This comes from findings made by professionals and researchers working in the field and commissioned to give feedback. The paradigm used in treatment should however be maintained. There is a delicate balance between the two aspects. It requires understanding to master these aspects.

The reports lay emphasis on symptoms of the disease, possibility of an attack in future, extent of spirometric abnormality and identification of comorbidities. This information is necessary for care givers and other workers in the health sector. Drafters of the reports consider the health institutions and structures in the region or country of focus.

Management tools are developed with the clinical setting in mind. The symptoms of each patient and the likelihood of developing a serious health issue in future must be considered. The reports have increased reliance on evidence from time to time. The evidence relied upon in generating the reports is gathered from different regions to offer a wider perspective.

The team that has developed the strategy comprises of distinguished scholars and scientists working in reputable institutions. Their professional diversity makes the evidence reliable and offers a variety of areas to base findings. There is a global perspective to this intervention.

Governments, institutions and professionals ensure that all sectors involved in the campaign are brought on board. National leaders, health sector works, health care providers and the general population is sensitized on the burdens associated with COPD. Such measures are necessary when dealing with early detection, management and prevention.

The essence of releasing regular reports is to offer information and guidelines that would improve the quality of intervention. The report covers treatment and severity of the disease at personal level to a very large extent. It also gives a verdict on the effectiveness of treatment. It lauds the intervention measures taken in different areas.

The severity of the disease is used as way of classifying patients. It tells if a patient is headed for hospitalization and gives an impression of how he has been affected at personal level. The attack varies from one individual to the other based on quality of health, breathlessness and level of exercise. Constant updates are necessary to improve on intervention.

The global approach to intervention is advantageous since patients can gain from the findings of other regions. This explains the participation of more professionals from different parts of this world. Professionals in health care are favoring personalized treatment.

Increased focus on developing personalized therapy is emphasized in most recent reports. The disease worries professionals since despite being treatable and preventable, it is considered among the top four killers in the world. It is possible to prevent premature deaths resulting from complications or the actual disease. A lot of research is still being carried out.




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