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<strong>COPD</strong> Asthma Age of onset Usually >40 years Any age (usually < 40 years) Smoking History Symptom Pattern Airway Reversibility Steroid response in stable disease Usually > 20 packyears Usually chronic, slowly progressive Partially reversible Unusual (~15% ‐ 20%) Unrelated Varies day by day Nocturnal/early morning Largely reversible Present
Clinical Presentation of <strong>COPD</strong> • Symptoms • Chronic cough • Sputum production • Shortness of breath leading to chronic fatigue, decreased exercise capacity and increased respiratory exacerbations • Consequences • Respiratory failure • Cor pulmonale (right sided heart failure) • Respiratory exacerbations become life‐threatening
Page 1 and 2: Women Beware The Threat of COPD Cat
Page 3 and 4: Women Beware The Threat of COPD Acc
Page 5: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disea
Page 9 and 10: COPD - Defining Characteristics Spi
Page 11 and 12: Diagnosis of COPD in Women 80 70 60
Page 13 and 14: • Estimated 24 million adults wit
Page 15 and 16: • Tobacco use is the #1 cause of
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
Page 29 and 30: Medication Class Brand Generic Avai
Page 31 and 32: AntiCholinergics & CV Risk? • Met
Page 33 and 34: Steroids • Regular treatment does
Page 35 and 36: Brand Generic Availability Dosage F
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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