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Online Training: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Diagnosis
| COPDD - Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Diagnosis
DESCRIPTION: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is characterized by progressive airflow limitation that cannot be fully reversed, as well as abnormal inflammation due to chronic inhalation of particles or noxious gas. Symptoms rarely manifest in patients younger than age 40, though after onset, respiratory function declines precipitously over several years. This course will provide the background you need to understand COPD diagnosis.
PRICE: $60
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COURSE OUTLINE:
INTRODUCTION
1. Course Information
2. Interface Tour
3. Course Overview
MEDICAL HISTORY AND RADIOGRAPHY
4. Objectives
5. Medical History
6. Radiography
7. Progress Check
PULMONARY FUNCTION TESTS
8. Objectives
9. FEV1 and FVC
10. Bronchodilator Challenge
11. DLCO
12. Progress Check
CONCLUSION
13. Summary | COURSE OBJECTIVES:
Identify which aspects of medical history suggest COPD.
List COPD physical examination symptoms.
Describe the radiographic changes caused by COPD.
Describe how physicians measure FEV1 and FVC.
Explain why clinicians use the bronchodilator challenge in COPD diagnosis.
Define DLCO. |
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