Join Drs Leah Witt and Adrian Austin as they discuss treating older adult patients with COPD from a geriatrics and pulmonology perspective.

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Resources

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/297664-overview

Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease 2023 Report: GOLD Executive Summary https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36858443/

The Mini-Cog, Clock Drawing Test, and Three-Item Recall Test: Rapid Cognitive Screening Tools With Comparable Performance in Detecting Mild NCD in Older Patients https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34562992/

Diagnostic Accuracy of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) for Cognitive Screening in Old Age Psychiatry: Determining Cutoff Scores in Clinical Practice. Avoiding Spectrum Bias Caused by Healthy Controls https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31650623/

Pulmonary Rehabilitation https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/319885-overview

COPD: Finding the Right Inhaled Medication at the Right Price https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/999790

ATS Toolkit for Age-Friendly Pulmonary/Critical Care Best Practices https://www.thoracic.org/professionals/clinical-resources/critical-care/critical-care-research/ats-toolkit-for-older-adults.php