The GOLD system previously classified COPD from stages 1 to 4 solely based on your lung capacity measured by a spirometry test. But the newest GOLD guidelines combine your spirometry results with ...

Group C (GOLD 3 or 4): Air flow into and out of your lungs ... Doctors call this “end-stage” COPD. That means you have very little lung function. Any new flare-ups could be life-threatening.

Doctors use the GOLD (Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease ... Symptoms of End-Stage COPD A person with stage 4 COPD, or FEV levels that are below 30 percent, has end-stage COPD.

GOLD stage 4 emphysema is when the amount of air you can ... They’ll want to know if you: You can’t reverse your emphysema or COPD. But you can ease your symptoms and slow the progress of ...

GOLD 4 (very severe) COPD is often called “end-stage” disease. At this stage, the lungs operate at a severely limited capacity, and many people experience symptoms day and night, even at rest.

Using data from the COPDGene study, Bhatt and colleagues analyzed 3,874 adults (mean age, 63.4 years; 50.2% women; 25% African American) with COPD ... Lung Disease (GOLD) stage 0, 357 had GOLD ...