Respiratory physician Lutz Beckert considers chronic obstructive pulmonary disease management, including the prevention of COPD, the importance of smoking cessation and pulmonary rehabilitation, and the lifesaving potential of addressing treatable traits. He also discusses the logic of inhaler therapy, moving from single therapy to dual and triple therapy when indicated, as well as other aspects of management
Bearing up again – what’s different this time
Wednesday 1 September 2021, 03:00 AM

After a community case was detected in Auckland on 17 August, New Zealand is back in an Alert Level 4 lockdown. We revisit rural GP Sarah Creegan and Ngāti Porou Hauora chair Teepa Wawatai who appeared in our Bearing Up series during level 4 lockdown in 2020
Rural GP feeling confident in face of lockdown, It’s much better than the rest of the country but in our view it still wasn’t good enough as we want entire communities to be vaccinated
There’s , Dr Sarah Creegan, Waimate GP Sarah Creegan
Kia ora and welcome to New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa
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