Management of COPD in the Pacific Rim

描述（由申请人提供）： 慢性阻塞性肺疾病（COPD）是一组慢性、进行性阻塞性肺疾病，不完全可逆。它是美国第四大死因，预计到2020年将成为全球第五大死因。亚太地区似乎不成比例地受到COPD的影响。对此有三种可能的解释：烟草使用率极高，特别是男性;接触生物量燃料，特别是妇女;以及城市污染的不利影响。无论可能的原因如何，COPD是全球唯一一个患病率正在上升的主要死因，亚太地区将是主要的增长地区。拟议的会议将特别关注慢性阻塞性肺病在亚太地区的影响。 会议将以”白杨肺”的形式组织，邀请演讲者讨论与COPD相关的特定主题和“国家状况”。 在每个主题下将有一位专家发言人，“国家状况”介绍将代表一个定义的主题的概述，如黄金或太平洋沿岸地区或国家的COPD概述。 将根据提交的摘要的质量征求和评判摘要介绍，并考虑地理代表性。 会议将于2003年1月10日至12日在夏威夷的科纳举行。 夏威夷州是国际公认的审查和讨论东西方重要政治、经济和卫生问题的场所。 这使得会议的地点可以在美国本土，但仍位于环太平洋地区的中心位置，并便于该地区的与会者访问。主办的国际学会将向各自的学会散发资料，以征求对摘要介绍和“仅限出席”会议的兴趣。本次会议的目标是：1）建立一个多学科论坛，以提高对太平洋沿岸地区COPD影响的认识。2)制定一项科学计划，让来自东西方的科学家和临床医生能够在讨论社会、文化和地理因素的背景下介绍和审查关于COPD的最新研究和信息。3)将非专业倡导团体的代表纳入COPD论坛，以代表COPD患者的观点。及4）确立与环太平洋地区有关的慢性阻塞性肺疾病的研究重点。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a collection of diseases that are chronic, progressive obstructive lung disorders which are not fully reversible. It is the fourth leading cause of death in the United States and is expected to be the fifth leading cause of death worldwide by 2020. The Asian-Pacific region appears to be disproportionately affected by COPD. Three possible explanations for this exist: the extremely high use of tobacco particularly in men; exposure to biomass fuels, particularly in women; and, the adverse effects of urban pollution. Regardless of possible causes, COPD is the only leading cause of death throughout the world that is increasing in prevalence and the Asian Pacific region will be the major area of growth. The proposed conference will specifically focus on the impact of COPD in the Asian Pacific region. The conference will be organized in an" Aspen Lung" format with invited speakers to discuss specific topics and "State of the State" related to COPD. Under each topic there will be one expert speaker and "State of the State" presentations will represent overviews of a defined topic such as GOLD or an overview of COPD from regions or countries of the Pacific Rim area. Abstract presentations will be solicited and judged on the quality of the submitted abstract, together with consideration for geographic representation. The meeting will be held January 10-12, 2003 in Kona, Hawaii. The state of Hawaii is internationally recognized as avenue for review and discussion of important political, economic and health-related East-West issues. This permits the site of the meeting to be on U.S. soil, and yet to be centrally located in the Pacific Rim area and to be easily accessible to attendees from this area. Information will be disseminated by the sponsoring international societies to their respective societies to solicit interest in abstract presentation and "attendance only" at the meeting. The goals of this meeting are: 1) To develop a multidisciplinary forum to improve the understanding of the impact of COPD in the Pacific Rim. 2) To develop a scientific program where scientists and clinicians from East and West can present and review the latest research and information on COPD in a context where social, cultural and geographic factors can be discussed. 3) To incorporate representatives of lay advocacy groups into the COPD forum to represent the perspectives of COPD patients into this process. and 4) To establish research priorities for COPD relevant to the Pacific Rim.