In recent years, the Internet of Things technology (IoT) has been developed extremely rapidly, and has been widely applied in the medicine field. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the most common chronic respiratory diseases in China, and it is worth exploring how IoT can be used to improve the clinical practice of COPD management. We summarized the research progress of IoT technology in COPD management at home and abroad and found that the current research on the application of IoT in COPD management is still in the exploratory stage and lacks high-quality, large-sample studies by reviewing the literature. Real-world studies are needed to conduct systematic evaluation of designed mature models or products in the future, especially the impacts on long-term clinical outcomes of patients, quality of life and health economics evaluation. Products design should be tailored to the characteristics and target of COPD and the characteristics of users, and emphasis should also be placed on qualitative researches to understand the experiences, opinions or attitudes of users toward such products.

近年来，物联网技术得到了极为快速的发展，在医学领域也广为应用。慢性阻塞性肺疾病（简称慢阻肺病）是我国最为常见的慢性呼吸疾病，如何利用物联网技术改善慢阻肺病管理的临床实践值得探讨。笔者对国内外物联网技术在慢阻肺病管理中的研究进展进行总结，通过回顾文献发现，目前物联网在慢阻肺病管理中的应用研究仍处于探索阶段，缺乏高质量、大样本研究，后期研究中需对技术成熟的模式或产品进行更为系统基于真实世界的应用评价，特别是对患者远期临床结局、生活质量的影响，以及卫生经济学评价。产品设计应当符合慢阻肺病特征及使用人群特点，通过定性研究了解用户使用体验、看法或态度也值得关注。