Mini Short Course part 1: Advanced therapies to alter the course of complex COPD
DAY 1
Chaired by: Miss Jenni Wenneberg (Hillingdon), Dr Hnin Aung (Leicester)
11.30am - Lung transplant in COPD - an underrepresented group Professor Andy Fisher (Newcastle)
12.00pm - Long term non-invasive ventilation for COPD Miss Katie Kaiser (Newcastle)
12.30pm - Biologics in COPD Professor Mona Bafadhel (London)
11:30 AM
90 MINUTE SESSION
Learning outcomes
To provide an update on the suitability of lung transplant for COPD and understand referral criteria and outcomes.
To update on the current evidence base for long-term NIV as a treatment for complex COPD, to include indications and contraindications.
To understand the latest trial data and emerging role biologics will play in the treatment and management of COPD.
Curriculum mapping
Internal Medicine CiP 4: Managing patients in an outpatient clinic, ambulatory or community setting (including management of long-term conditions)
Specialty CiP 2: Managing integrated respiratory medicine across the primary and secondary care interface including management of long-term disease
Specialty CiP 4: Managing the service and patients with respiratory failure in multiple settings including hospital and in the community
Specialty CiP 5: Tertiary subspecialties interface: managing patients across the secondary and tertiary interface; in particular patients with lung and heart transplants and pulmonary hypertension
Specialty CiP 6: Managing the use of drugs and therapeutic modalities specific to the practice of respiratory medicine