GOLD in COPD 2024

CE / CME

Going for GOLD in COPD: Optimizing Diagnosis and Management in Primary Care to Enhance Patient Outcomes

ABIM MOC: maximum of 1.00 Medical Knowledge MOC point

Physician Assistants/Physician Associates: 1.00 AAPA Category 1 CME credit

Nurses: 1.00 Nursing contact hour

Physicians: maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit

Released: July 12, 2024

Expiration: July 11, 2025

Mark H Gotfried
Mark H Gotfried, MD

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Please answer the questions below.
1.

Judy, 48 yr old, presents with persistent mild shortness of breath, HTN, and childhood asthma. She has never smoked, lives with a nonsmoking partner, and works in a furniture manufacturing plant. Which of the following is the best next step for her according to the GOLD Report 2024?  

2.

A patient with COPD is receiving vilanterol/umeclidinium with good technique and adherence. He has had 4 hospital admissions for exacerbations in the past yr and has a blood eosinophil count of 355 cells/μL. What is the next best step for his treatment? 

3.

Linda, 59 yr old, has been diagnosed with COPD (Group B) and started on a LABA/LAMA combination this week. What other strategies would help optimize her COPD care? 

4.

Which of the following devices would you select for an older patient with osteoarthritis of the hands and poor inspiratory effort?