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
Forty years staring at the screen
Wednesday 17 August 2022, 01:00 AM

Love them or loathe them, computers are here to stay [image: People Images on iStock]
Not everyone can be a geek, so Richard Medlicott is taking on the role of health IT columnist for New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa
I am a geek. Homozygous recessive. My father was a geek and my mother was not, but she must have had one gene in there.
IT and general practice ha
Kia ora and welcome to New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa
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