Elder Care: A Resource for Interprofessional Providers: COPD-Special Considerations for Older Adults
University of Arizona College of Medicine
University of Arizona College of Medicine
Sponsor:
Donald W. Reynolds Foundation
Geriatric Education Center (GEC)
POGOe Id:
20616
Posted:
12/07/2009
Updated:
12/16/2010
http://www.reynolds.med.arizona.edu/EduProducts/ElderCareProviderSheets.cfmAbstract:
COPD-Special Considerations for Older Adults is one of a continuing series of practical, evidence based, Provider Fact Sheets which summarize key geriatric topics and provide clinically useful assessments and interventions. Initially developed for remote, rural clinical sites, they are useful for students and health care professionals from many fields and across a very broad range of health care settings.09FINAL.pdf
Educational objectives:
Objectives:
1. State whether or not beta blocker therapy for cardiac indications can be safely prescribed to patients who also have COPD
2. State what is known about the safety of prescribing long-acting beta-agonists for COPD to patients who also have heart disease
3. Identify risks of prescribing inhaled steroids to patients who have COPD and diabetes
Additional information/Special implementation requirements or guidelines:
Subscribers to POGOe are free to reprint Elder Care on their own stationery or in other publications without obtaining specific permission, so long as
(1) content is not changed,
(2) no one is charged a fee to use or read the publication,
(3) authors and their affiliated institutions are noted without change, and
(4) the reprint includes the following statement: “Reprinted courtesy of the Arizona Reynolds Program of Applied Geriatrics and the Arizona Geriatric Education Center."
(1) content is not changed,
(2) no one is charged a fee to use or read the publication,
(3) authors and their affiliated institutions are noted without change, and
(4) the reprint includes the following statement: “Reprinted courtesy of the Arizona Reynolds Program of Applied Geriatrics and the Arizona Geriatric Education Center."
Main Topics:
Intended learner audience:
Minimum geriatric competencies:
Learning resource types:
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Estimated time to complete:
30 minutes
Contact person/corresponding author:
Lisa O'Neill: [email protected]
Suggested Citation:
Dr. Jeffrey Tiemstra and Dr. Barry Weiss. Elder Care: A Resource for Interprofessional Providers: COPD-Special Considerations for Older Adults. POGOe - Portal of Geriatrics Online Education; 2009 Available from: http://www.pogoe.org/productid/20616
Comments
Great article.