#468: Asthma Update with Cyrus Askin

The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Science, Higher Education, Education

4.8 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2025

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

2024 GINA Strategy, peak expiratory flow insights, SMART therapy, and other asthma pearls that will leave you breathless

Master the art of diagnosing and managing asthma with practical, evidence-based strategies. Learn how to approach the initial interview, gain comfort with key diagnostic tools like spirometry and PEF, and optimize therapy using the latest GINA report. We’re joined by Dr. Cyrus Askin, a longtime Curbsiders member returning as our guest expert to share his insights as a pulmonologist.

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Intro
Case
Topic
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Outro

Credits

Written and produced by Paul Wurtz MD. Show notes, cover art, and infographic also created by Paul Wurtz MD.

Hosts: Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Paul Williams MD, FACP
Reviewer: Sai S Achi MD, MBA, FACP
Showrunners: Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Paul Williams MD, FACP
Technical Production: PodPaste
Guest: Cyrus Askin MD

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0:20.1	Hey, Paul.
0:24.2	Yes, Matt.
0:25.0	I wanted to make sure I had your attention.
0:28.0	You know, I wish I knew sign language.
0:31.1	Oh, God. All right.
0:32.7	Yeah, I just think it would be handy.
0:36.7	Matt, I was, um, so we're doing an asthma episode.
0:40.5	Just a peek behind the curtain.
0:42.2	And I found a pun that mentioned Vlad, the inhaler, but I didn't actually like it and
0:47.6	didn't make a lot of sense.
0:48.5	I was trying to reverse engineer it.
0:49.6	I just want you to know that the shame that I felt when I realized what I was doing and just
0:53.6	how I was spending my time was just like an ice pick to my heart, just for whatever that's worth.
1:00.5	Okay, so no pun.
1:02.1	Vlad the inhaler, is my pun.
1:03.5	Glad the inhaler.
1:04.4	You just do it that much you will.
1:04.6	You can make the joke yourself.
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