On the Job: Identifying Occupational Lung Dis...

In this episode of Respiratory Exchange, Dr. Preethi Patel joins Dr. Daniel Culver to discuss preoperative pulmonary evaluation and its critical role in surgical outcomes. They explore why pulmonary complications are more common than cardiac events, key patient and procedural ris ...  Show more

Telomere biology disorders are increasingly recognized as drivers of pulmonary fibrosis, bone marrow failure, liver disease, and other age-related conditions. In this episode of Respiratory Exchange, Dr. Daniel Culver is joined by Dr. Brian Southern and Dr. Hetty Carraway to expl ...  Show more

As any proud West Virginian knows, the history of mining in the United States is tied tightly to the history of the labor movement. This was partially to address something known as coal worker’s pneumoconiosis, also known as black lung disease. Though unions may have won the b ...

Let’s go deeper into to why we think about diseases the way we do: COPD Classifications through the years!Time Stamps:How did prior understanding of COPD pathophysiology lead to COPD classifications in the past? (3:25)How is COPD diagnosed? (6:13)How has COPD been classified and ...  Show more

Send us Fan MailIn this episode, we talk about COPD. We talk about classifying severity and the GOLD guidelines, recognition and treatment of a COPD exacerbation and include a quick review of relevant evidence that guides our treatment of patients with COPD. Support the show 

Content covered in this episode includes: [0:30] Question Dissection: A 24-year-old women sees her family physician for a non-productive cough which has been present for 3 days... [4:04] Pulmonology chapter of S2S including questions like: - What is COPD? - What is the concern wi ...  Show more