PeerView Family Medicine & General Practice CME/CNE/CPE Audio Podcast

Cedric "Jamie" Rutland, MD - Finding the Path to Improved Outcomes in Uncontrolled Persistent Asthma: Applying the Latest Clinical Evidence for Treatment Success

09.03.2020 - By PVI, PeerView Institute for Medical EducationPlay

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Go online to PeerView.com/RXX860 to view the activity, download slides and practice aids, and complete the post-test to earn credit. In this activity, an expert in pulmonology discusses key issues in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with uncontrolled persistent asthma. Several case vignettes provide insights on assessing phenotype/endotype and eligibility for biologic therapy in these patients, in the context of common comorbidities and other patient-, disease-, and treatment-related factors. Upon completion of this activity, participants should be better able to: Describe the role of the type 2 inflammatory cascade in uncontrolled persistent asthma and the implications for treatment, Evaluate patients with asthma for symptom severity, phenotype/endotype, exacerbation risk, and eligibility for biologic therapies, Employ the latest clinical data on efficacy and safety of biologic therapies to the treatment of patients with uncontrolled persistent asthma, Use strategies to engage patients in shared decision-making to improve outcomes and quality of life.

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