BARRY MAKE, MD Co-Director, COPD Program. Director, Pulmonary Rehabilitation National Jewish Health, Denver, CO
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Which photo do you like?
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1. COPD patient carrying oxygen on his bicycle
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2. Lilly pond at 9,000 feet elevation
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3. Lions, tigers and BEARS
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Disclosure Information
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Advisory board, consultant, multi-center trial, research funding or speaker in the last year for topics related to COPD: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute AstraZeneca Boehringer-Ingelheim CSL Bering Forest GlaxoSmithKline Novartis Spiration Sunovion Theravance January, 2015
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Objectives
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• Discuss a recent article on reducing therapy for Pr es e
COPD exacerbations – the Wisdom trial
• Understand the importance of COPD of
exacerbations
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• Know what therapies reduce COPD exacerbations
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Session Methodology
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• DISCUSSION
– Participation by all who are interested
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• Audience response system • Focus on a recent publication in New England pe
Journal of Medicine
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• Your feedback is encouraged
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Question #2
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Did you complete the assignment:
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Read New Engl J of Med WISDOM Trial?
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2. Yes
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3. Other
Question #3
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What percentage of your patients with COPD are on “triple therapy”?
Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease. Global strategy of the diagnosis, management, and prevention of COPD. 2014. http://www.goldcopd.org
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Reduce symptoms
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• Relieve symptoms (SOB) • Improve exercise tolerance • Improve health status
Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease. Global strategy of the diagnosis, management, and prevention of COPD. 2014. http://www.goldcopd.org