Breath work
A Respiratory Medicine podcast for busy respiratory nerds who want to keep up-to-date with the constantly evolving world of the lung. Every month we speak with respiratory experts on their areas of special interest.
Our goal is to provide YOU with interactive and easy to listen to clinical updates. We will cover presentation, clinical reasoning, diagnostics and treatments but also new and exciting changes coming down the line. Delivered at a time convenient to you in 20-30 minute episodes.
Inspire
Meet your Respiratory Medicine heroes and hear how they got to where they are today. There are now more people than ever working in the respiratory medicine sphere. In this podcast we speak to Physicians, scientists, nurses, physiologists and more. We learn about their career paths to date, how they have achieved such success and advice for others hoping to follow suit. Some of these discussions are profession specific, but much of the advice is applicable to anyone trying to progress in their career.
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Breath work
A Respiratory Medicine podcast for busy respiratory nerds who want to keep up-to-date with the constantly evolving world of the lung. Every month we speak with respiratory experts on their areas of special interest.
Our goal is to provide YOU with interactive and easy to listen to clinical updates. We will cover presentation, clinical reasoning, diagnostics and treatments but also new and exciting changes coming down the line. Delivered at a time convenient to you in 20-30 minute episodes.
Inspire
Meet your Respiratory Medicine heroes and hear how they got to where they are today. There are now more people than ever working in the respiratory medicine sphere. In this podcast we speak to Physicians, scientists, nurses, physiologists and more. We learn about their career paths to date, how they have achieved such success and advice for others hoping to follow suit. Some of these discussions are profession specific, but much of the advice is applicable to anyone trying to progress in their career.
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Website: https://irishthoracicsociety.com/
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LinkedIn: Irish Thoracic Society
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Breathwork: Introduction to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (Part 2)
Irish Thoracic Society Podcast Productions
30 minutes
8 months ago
Breathwork: Introduction to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (Part 2)
In this episode, we speak with Dr. Breda Cushen about Chronic Obstructive
Pulmonary Disease (COPD). We discuss tertiary care referrals for severe COPD,
managing comorbidities, initiating treatment, and ensuring adherence. Packed with
practical insights, this episode offers valuable tips to enhance COPD care across the
community, outpatient clinics, and hospital settings.
Chapters
01.02 Rapid Fire Round
01.50 Definition of COPD
03.10 Tertiary care referrals for severe COPD
05.01 Information to include in the referral
06.40 Work up in severe COPD clinic
08.55 Comorbidities in COPD
10.18 Treatable Traits
14.16 Asthma & COPD
17.32 Initiating treatment in COPD
21.04 Treatment of emphysema with preserved lung function
23.21 Adherence and barriers to treatment
26.17 Identifying those at risk of exacerbation
27.34 Breakthrough in COPD
29.24 Take home message
Show Notes
2025 Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) Report
https://goldcopd.org/2025-gold-report/
Westerik JA, Metting EI, van Boven JF, Tiersma W, Kocks JW, Schermer TR.
Associations between chronic comorbidity and exacerbation risk in primary care
patients with COPD. Respir Res. 2017 Feb 6;18(1):31. doi: 10.1186/s12931-017-
0512-2. PMID: 28166777; PMCID: PMC5294875.
COPD/Integrated HST Respiratory Medicine Study Day 28 th February www.rcpi.ie
Irish Thoracic Society Podcast Productions
Breath work
A Respiratory Medicine podcast for busy respiratory nerds who want to keep up-to-date with the constantly evolving world of the lung. Every month we speak with respiratory experts on their areas of special interest.
Our goal is to provide YOU with interactive and easy to listen to clinical updates. We will cover presentation, clinical reasoning, diagnostics and treatments but also new and exciting changes coming down the line. Delivered at a time convenient to you in 20-30 minute episodes.
Inspire
Meet your Respiratory Medicine heroes and hear how they got to where they are today. There are now more people than ever working in the respiratory medicine sphere. In this podcast we speak to Physicians, scientists, nurses, physiologists and more. We learn about their career paths to date, how they have achieved such success and advice for others hoping to follow suit. Some of these discussions are profession specific, but much of the advice is applicable to anyone trying to progress in their career.
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Website: https://irishthoracicsociety.com/
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