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MKSAP Quiz: Managing COPD
PSA screening halves cancer mortality
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/07/13/3.htm
13 Jul 2010
Anticholinergics associated with higher mortality than long-acting inhaled beta-agonists in COPD
Long-acting inhaled beta-agonists were associated with lower mortality than anticholinergics in a new study of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/05/03/4.htm
3 May 2011
Follow up lowers readmissions, return ED visits for COPD patients
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https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/10/19/7.htm
19 Oct 2010
Diagnosis at 10 paces for bitemporal wasting
In a new series, Pearls from I.M. Peers, Paul Dallas, MD, MACP, explains how making a simple observation in a patient could indicate a serious diagnosis.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2022/01/diagnosis-at-10-paces-for-bitemporal-wasting.htm
1 Jan 2022
Combination treatment for COPD associated with lower rate of exacerbations versus usual care
Patients taking fluticasone furoate-vilanterol had a rate of 1.74 moderate or severe exacerbations per year versus 1.90 per year in the usual care group, an industry-funded trial has shown.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2016/09/13/1.htm
13 Sep 2016
MKSAP Quiz: management of COPD
A 72-year-old woman is evaluated during a routine examination. She has very severe COPD with multiple exacerbations. She has dyspnea at all times with decreased exercise capacity. She does not have cough or any change in baseline sputum production. She is adherent to her medication regimen, and she completed pulmonary rehabilitation 1 year ago. She quit smoking 1 year ago. Her medications are a budesonide/formoterol inhaler, tiotropium, and an albuterol inhaler as needed. Following a physical and pulmonary exam, what is the most appropriate next step in management?
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/10/21/3.htm
21 Oct 2014
Palliative care's place outside cancer
Integrated palliative care is important in offering comfort measures to patients with conditions that are expected to shorten their life spans.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2019/06/palliative-cares-place-outside-cancer.htm
1 Jun 2019
Data monitoring committee ends behavioral COPD trial early
Scheduled safety monitoring should occur during behavioral intervention trials in case of unexpected outcomes, according to the authors of one such study for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that recorded excess deaths in the intervention group.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/05/15/6.htm
15 May 2012
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That specificity will be criti-cal for efficient claims processing, and learn-ing what is needed may require some time andpractice.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2015/04/acpi-201504-coding_t1.pdf
23 Mar 2015
Telemonitoring for COPD may not affect exacerbation readmissions, quality of life
Telemonitoring in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients at high risk for exacerbations did not affect hospital readmissions or improve quality of life, according to a new study.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2013/10/29/4.htm
29 Oct 2013