[Treatment of chronic obstructive bronchopneumopathies]

Guidelines and statements from ERS, ATS, BTS and SPLF are now available for adequate treatment of COPD. The recommendations are summarised but the author emphasizes what has changed, what remains unchanged or was adapted and what is new and promising. The therapeutic approach tends also to improve symptoms, especially dyspnea, and quality of life. This is mainly obtained with a multidisciplinary team offering the patient a program of rehabilitation.