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The Clinical Takeaway: Severe COPD – O2, surgery, devices
The Clinical Takeaway: Severe COPD – O2, surgery, devices

The Clinical Takeaway: Severe COPD – O2, surgery, devices

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In this episode:

– The current indications and contraindications for home oxygen therapy/long term domiciliary oxygen therapy
– When to think about more invasive treatments – The criteria behind identifying patients for lung reduction surgery

 

 

 

Host: Dr David Lim, GP and Medical Educator

 

Total time: 36 mins

 

Guest: Prof Gregory King, Respiratory Physician and Clinician-Researcher

 

 

 

Recommended resources:

 

– Subscribe to the Woolcock GP newsletter

 

– Woolcock COPD brochure 

 

– Woolcock Lung Function Testing brochure

 

– Woolcock Clinic Respiratory Referral Form

 

 

This educational activity was developed by Healthed at the request of Astrazeneca Respiratory

 

 

 

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Speaker

Prof Greg King

Respiratory Physician; Clinician-Researcher, Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, Sydney University; Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal North Shore Hospital; Conjoint Professor of Respiratory Medicine, University of Sydney

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Prof Greg King is a clinician-researcher at the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, Sydney University and Department of Respiratory Medicine at the Royal North Shore Hospital. He is Conjoint Professor of Respiratory Medicine of the Northern Clinical School, Sydney University and Medical Director of the Respiratory Investigation Unit. His expertise includes complex measurements of airway and lung function, including the forced oscillation technique, multiple breath nitrogen washout and 3-dimensional ventilation imaging and CT imaging. He currently supervises 3 PhD students and has supervised 22 students to completion, and Postdoctoral Fellows from science and medical backgrounds. He has a clinical and research interest in asthma, COPD and bronchiolitis in haemopoietic stem cell transplant recipients.

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