#86 COPD: Diagnosis, treatment, PFTs, and nihilism

The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast

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

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🗓️ 12 March 2018

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

Take a deep breath and tune in to this week’s episode full of COPD diagnosis and management pearls, with expert Dr. Denitza Blagev, a pulmonologist, intensivist, and Medical Director for Quality, Speciality Care at Intermountain Healthcare in Utah with a particular interest in physician wellness and issues related to women in medicine. We cover: history taking, interpreting PFTs, patient counseling, inhalers and medications, exacerbations, antibiotics, steroids, and who needs BIPAP...so basically everything you ever wanted to know about chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Take our self assessment here.

Sponsored by @nephmadness. Registration opens March 15th at AJKDblog.org

Written and produced by: Leah Witt, MD, Cyrus Askin, MD. Edited by Matthew Watto, MD

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0:00.0	This episode of the Curbsiders is brought to you by Neff Madness.
0:05.0	The 2018 tournament is starting on March 15th.
0:09.4	You can register at ajkdblog.org.
0:14.0	That's right, Neff Madness is back.
0:16.2	There's 32 hot topics in nephrology with a scouting report written by experts in the field.
0:23.2	You get eight hours of CME credit just for reading this scouting report.
0:27.2	The topics will be judged by a blue ribbon panel of experts.
0:31.9	It starts on March 15th, so sign up and make sure to list the curbsiders as your organization
0:40.4	so that we can win some bragging rights for having the most people sign up for Neff Madness.
0:46.7	And of course, join the conversation on social by using the hashtag Neff Madness on all your
0:52.5	favorite social media platforms.
0:55.1	If you still have questions about just what Neff Madness is, you can go to ajkdblog.org.
1:01.6	They have a very nice two-minute video that kind of explains it probably better than I just
1:06.0	have.
1:07.0	Thank you and enjoy the show.
1:25.1	Does anybody have a pun ready for the show tonight?
1:48.3	No?
1:49.3	Okay, I'll just start.
1:50.6	Welcome back to the curbsiders.
1:53.1	Paul, this is Dr. Matthew Wato.
1:55.0	Paul, can you remind the audience what this show is about?
2:00.5	Well thanks so much for asking that.
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