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

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

Full show notes available at http://thecurbsiders.com/podcast

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