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
Shortness of breath in a young nurse a sign of a lifelong defect
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Shortness of breath in a young nurse a sign of a lifelong defect
Wednesday 1 August 2018, 03:46 PM
Chris Ellis is a consultant cardiologist at Auckland City Hospital, and at the Auckland Heart Group and Mercy Hospital, Auckland
The physical demands of hospital life soon make this young student realise her shortness of breath may be down to more than unfitness. Auckland cardiologist Chris Ellis explains how your patient’s initial suspicion of asthma was wrong
Key points, With an atrial septal defect (ASD), there is left-to-right shunting of blood between the atria.
An ASD lowers the cardiac output from the left v, Heartbeat ECG 1 August 2018
Kia ora and welcome to New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa
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