Knowing the Difference: Asthma or COPD? (AAN)

Price: FREE for members and non-members

Session recorded on June 14, 2023
Speaker: Gailen D. Marshall, MD, PhD

Specialists have long been experts in asthma care. However, increasing numbers of asthma patients have symptoms of COPD as well as some COPD patients developing asthma-like symptoms. Distinguishing the underlying pathophysiologies for prognostic and therapeutic values is often challenging based upon current clinical information.

This webinar will address the diagnosis and management of COPD, particularly in patients who exhibit overlap symptoms and those longer standing asthma patients who progress to develop COPD.

Viewers can earn credit by completing the posttest questions.

This program is a collaboration between the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology and the Allergy and Asthma Network.

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Accreditation
The American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (ACAAI) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Designation
The American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (ACAAI) designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Target Audience

Primary Care Providers
Allied Health Professionals

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, learners should be able to:

1.    Understand the pathophysiological similarities and differences between asthma and COPD
2.    Develop a practical understanding of the data that must be collected to make a specific clinical diagnosis of obstructive airway disease
3.    Discuss the spectrum of therapeutic options that will be needed to care for patients with asthma vs COPD vs overlap

Additional information
Disclosure: 

As required by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) and in accordance with the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) policy, all individuals in a position to control or influence the content of an activity must disclose all financial relationships with any ineligible company that have occurred within the past 24 months. Ineligible companies are those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing health care products used by or on patients. The ACCME does not consider providers of clinical service directly to patients to be Ineligible Companies. Examples of ineligible companies include: 
 
•    Advertising, marketing, or communication firms whose clients are ineligible companies
•    Bio-medical startups that have begun a governmental regulatory approval process
•    Compounding pharmacies that manufacture proprietary compounds
•    Device manufacturers or distributors
•    Diagnostic labs that sell proprietary products
•    Growers, distributors, manufacturers or sellers of medical foods and dietary supplements
•    Manufacturers of health-related wearable products
•    Pharmaceutical companies or distributors
•    Pharmacy benefit managers
•    Reagent manufacturers or sellers
  
The ACCME does not consider providers of clinical service directly to patients to be commercial interests. For more information, visit www.accme.org. All identified relevant relationships must be mitigated and the educational content thoroughly vetted for fair balance, scientific objectivity, and appropriateness of patient care recommendations. It is required that disclosure of or absence of relevant financial relationships be provided to the learners prior to the start of the activity.

Learners must also be informed when off-label, experimental/investigational uses of drugs or devices are discussed in an educational activity or included in related materials.

Disclosure in no way implies that the information presented is biased or of lesser quality. It is incumbent upon course participants to be aware of these factors in interpreting the program contents and evaluating recommendations. Moreover, expressed views do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the ACAAI. All identified relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 Attendance
Course opens: 
06/15/2023
Course expires: 
12/31/2024
Rating: 
0

All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.

Gailen Marshall, MD, PhD - No relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Available Credit

  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 Attendance
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