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Diagnosis of COPD in Women • Spirometry • Primary care physicians underutilize spirometry • Women less likely to receive referrals to specialists than men • Study: Confronting COPD Survey • Women less likely to have spirometry than men (OR 0.84; 95% CI 0.72‐0.98)
• Estimated 24 million adults with COPD in US • COPD ‐ 4 th leading cause of death in the US 1 • Hospitalization: • Hospitalization rates greater for women than men since 1993 • Mortality –worse in women 1. National Center for Health Statistics. Deaths: final data for 1999. Hyattsville, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Vital Statistics Report 2001;49:1– 116. 2. American Lung Association Epidemiology and Statistics Unit Research and Program Services. Trends in COPD(Chronic Bronchitis and Emphysema); Morbidity and Mortality. American Lung Association Website. http://lungusa.org. Accessed march 14 th , 2009.
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Page 5 and 6: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disea
Page 7 and 8: Clinical Presentation of COPD • S
Page 9 and 10: COPD - Defining Characteristics Spi
Page 11: Diagnosis of COPD in Women 80 70 60
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Page 17 and 18: • Genetic - severe heredity defic
Page 19 and 20: Treatment Pathway
Page 22 and 23: Non Pharmacologic Therapy
Page 24 and 25: Vaccines • Flu: Annual influenza
Page 27 and 28: • Central to symptomatic manageme
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Page 33 and 34: Steroids • Regular treatment does
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Page 37 and 38: • Training patients to use inhale
Page 39 and 40: 66 yo woman visits PCP for a linger
Page 41 and 42: Stage II moderate COPD ‐ uncontro

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