Simplifying COPD Treatment – Associate Professor Rob Young

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1. Introduction and COPD disease burden in New Zealand
2. The different inhalers to treat COPD - Diagnosis and Patient Assessment
3. Goals of individualised COPD treatment
4. Asthma COPD Overlap (ACO)
5. Inhaled treatment suggestions
6. Prescribing and withdrawing ICS
7. Prescribing Inhaled Triple Therapy (ICS/LABA/LAMA*)
8. The importance of device
9. Non Pharmacological treatments for COPD
10. Summary
 
*ICS = Inhaled Corticosteroids, LABA = Long Acting Beta2 Agonist, LAMA = Long Acting Muscarinic Antagonist

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