Course: Chronic Respiratory Diseases (CRD) in Primary Care Settings

Before exploring respiratory health, how confident are you in your ability to explain to your patients how we breathe? To better inform patients and health professionals about the mechanisms underlying …

Congratulations on completing this week’s learning material. Before you move on, we suggest you take a minute to reflect on what you have learned this week. The following questions correspond …

Congratulations on completing this week’s learning material. Before you move on, we suggest you take a minute to reflect on what you have learned this week. The following questions correspond …

Congratulations on completing this week’s learning material. Before you move on, we suggest you take a minute to reflect on what you have learned this week. The following questions correspond …

Chronic Respiratory diseases are most often diagnosed, treated and managed in primary or community care settings. In this podcast Siân Williams explores what is needed to deliver good quality primary …

A peak flow meter is an aerosol generating procedure (AGP) and performing should be avoided in healthcare settings when there is a risk of cross-contamination e.g. during the COVID pandemic, …

Aziz Sheikh from the Usher Institute at the University of Edinburgh introduces the course and provides an overview of the topics covered.

Peak flow variability features in many patients with asthma, and there are many ways to calculate it. Some calculations can be complicated for the clinical setting, e.g. the amplitude percentage …

Approaches to palliative and end of life care vary across different countries. Often services are less developed in low-resource settings. In this video, we hear from clinicians about different approaches …

After three months, Nandini attends the clinic for her asthma review. She was prescribed with an inhaled corticosteroid and short-acting bronchodilator. However, her condition has not improved, particularly at night. …

Rhinitis is a common respiratory related condition which involves the inflammation of the mucous membrane in the nose and in some cases the sinuses (rhino-sinusitis). Symptoms include: A runny or …

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Pulmonary Rehabilitation (PR) has been shown to reduce the use of expensive services such as hospital inpatient care. It can be delivered safely in the community, outside of hospital. Despite …

The Global Impact of Respiratory Disease (2nd Edition) This report helps us to understand and explain the growing burden of respiratory disease from a global perspective. There has been a …

Not all front-line healthcare workers will have had medical or nursing training. Given the case description, you may have the diagnosis of asthma or COPD in mind, but don’t forget …