Dr. Craig Riley and Dr. Nicholas DeGregorio host a three part podcast series discussing current practice standards for diagnosing, treating, and managing COPD. This episode is part one.
Click here to view part two
Click here to view part three
Educational Objectives:
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:
- Identify the diagnostic criteria for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- Order spirometry and correctly interpret airflow obstruction by FEV1/FVC
- Identify standard-of-care pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic therapies for patients with COPD
- Initiate long-acting bronchodilator therapy in symptomatic patients or those with elevated exacerbation risk
Disclosures:
Dr. DeGregorio has reported no relevant relationships with entities producing health care goods or services.
Dr. Riley has financial interests with the following entity or entities producing health care goods or services as indicated below:
- Grant/Resarch Support: NIH/NHLBI T32 grant funding
- Other: UPMC and VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System (employment), UPMC Health Plan (consultant)
All presenters' disclosure of relevant financial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services, used on, or consumed by, patients is listed above. No other planners, members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Accreditation Statement:
In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
The University of Pittsburgh designates enduring material activity for a maximum of 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.
Release Date: 4/22/2020 | Last Modified On: 5/7/2020 | Expires: 4/22/2021
