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Dr Christopher Worsnop

Respiratory & Sleep Physician, Austin Hospital, Melbourne; Fellow, The Royal Australasian College of Physicians; Fellow, The American College of Chest Physicians

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How to approach patients who still have asthma symptoms despite treatment. It is not an uncommon scenario. The asthma patient presents, still complaining of shortness of breath, wheeze or cough despite having been prescribed the textbook asthma treatments.

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Treat exacerbations early, use antibiotics if you suspect an infection, add prednisolone to shorten the duration of exacerbation- for those recently hospitalised for COPD exacerbation, ensure you send to a cardiologist for full cardiac workup to exclude heart failure, ischaemia and arrhythmia.

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A comprehensive framework for health professionals assessing COPD patients- evidence-based approach to management, how to decide whether inhaled corticosteroids are appropriate and how, when and for how long they should be used.

In this Healthed webcast, A/Prof Christopher Worsnop outlines a very practical approach for doctors faced with the challenge of treating asthma patients who were prescribed textbook treatments.

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In this Product Explainer, Dr Christopher Worsnop, Respiratory and Sleep Physician at the Austin Hospital, Melbourne explains how to use a triple-therapy combination preventer inhaler, as well as when and to whom to prescribe to in the maintenance treatment of asthma (5 mins).

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How to approach patients who still have asthma symptoms despite treatment. It is not an uncommon scenario. The asthma patient presents, still complaining of shortness of breath, wheeze or cough despite having been prescribed the textbook asthma treatments.

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Treat exacerbations early, use antibiotics if you suspect an infection, add prednisolone to shorten the duration of exacerbation- for those recently hospitalised for COPD exacerbation, ensure you send to a cardiologist for full cardiac workup to exclude heart failure, ischaemia and arrhythmia.

Podcasts iconPodcasts

A comprehensive framework for health professionals assessing COPD patients- evidence-based approach to management, how to decide whether inhaled corticosteroids are appropriate and how, when and for how long they should be used.

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In this Product Explainer, Dr Christopher Worsnop, Respiratory and Sleep Physician explains how to use a mometasone/indacaterol combination preventer inhaler, as well as when and to whom to prescribe to in the maintenance treatment of moderate to severe asthma (5 mins).

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