The COPD-X Plan: Australian and New Zealand Guidelines for the management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 2009 These guidelines have been developed by the Australian Lung Foundation and the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand as part of a national COPD program.
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Professor Michael Abramson, Deputy Head, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne
Associate Professor Alan J Crockett, Director, Primary Care Respiratory Research Unit, Discipline of General Practice, School of Population Health & Clinical Practice, University of Adelaide, Adelaide
Professor Peter A Frith, Head of Respiratory Services, Flinders Medical Centre and Repatriation General Hospital, Daw Park
Professor Nicholas Glasgow, Dean, Medicine and Health Sciences, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, The Australian National University, Canberra
Associate Professor Sue Jenkins, School of Physiotherapy, Curtin University of Technology; Physiotherapy Department, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital; Lung Institute of Western Australia, Centre for Asthma, Allergy and Respiratory Research, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth
Associate Professor Christine F McDonald, Respiratory Physician, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Austin Hospital, Melbourne
Professor David K McKenzie, Head of Department, Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick
Associate Professor Richard Wood-Baker, Staff Specialist, Director of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart

Correspondence: The Australian Lung Foundation, PO Box 847, Lutwyche, QLD 4030. enquiries@lungfoundation.com.au 

Note about authors: Conflicts of Interests Statement

This document should be cited as:
David K McKenzie, Michael Abramson, Alan J Crockett, Nicholas Glasgow, Sue Jenkins, Christine McDonald, Richard Wood-Baker, Peter A Frith on behalf of The Australian Lung Foundation. The COPD-X Plan: Australian and New Zealand Guidelines for the management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 2009

Originally published as:
David K McKenzie, Peter A Frith, Jonathan G W Burdon and G Ian Town. The COPDX Plan: Australian and New Zealand Guidelines for the management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 2003. MJA 2003 178(6 Suppl 17 Mar): S1-S40
www.mja.com.au/public/issues/178_06_170303/tho10508_all.html 

Clinical Practice Update
Michael J Abramson, Alan J Crockett, Peter A Frith and Christine F McDonald. COPDX: an update of guidelines for the management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with a review of recent evidence. MJA 2006; 184 (7): 342-345
www.mja.com.au/public/issues/184_07_030406/abr10742_fm.html