Definition and Nomenclature of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Time for Its Revision

著者: Bartolomé R. Celli, Leonardo M. Fabbri, Gerard J. Criner, Fernando J. Martínez, David M. Mannino, Claus Vogelmeier, María Montes de, Alberto Papi, Don D. Sin, MeiLan K. Han, Àlvar Agustí - American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 2022 被引用: 493

Attemptstodefineconceptsandthings datebacktothetimeofAristotle,around 2,400yearsago,whenheproposedthata definitionshouldstatetheessentialnature orbeingofsomething(1).However,this abstractconcept(2–4)maynottranslate welltomedicalpractice,whereprecise definitionsareneededtocommunicateto colleaguesandpatientsandtoconduct epidemiological,clinical,translational,and discoveryresearchinthepresenceofnew evidencebroughtaboutbyscientific progress.SinceAristotle’sinitial discussions,thelast24centurieshave witnessedtheappearanceandevolutionof definitionsofmanythingsthatsurround us,includingdiseases(5).Inmedicine, accurateandprecisedefinitions(nosology) andclassificationofdiseases(taxonomy) allowthinking,speaking,andwritingabout observablephenomenainan understandableandunifiedway.