Mayo Clinic Talks: Pulmonary Function Testing

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Moderator: Darryl S. Chutka, M.D.
@ChutkaMD

Featured Expert: Alexander S. Niven, M.D.

Pulmonary function tests are extremely useful in both diagnosing and managing patients with respiratory disease. In addition to a medical history, physical exam and imaging studies, they give us a great deal of information of the pulmonary physiology and help us understand why patients have various respiratory symptoms. However, there are quite a number of pulmonary function tests available to us and which tests we should order can be confusing. Do we know when spirometry, lung volumes or diffusion capacity will be useful for evaluating the various pulmonary conditions? Our guest for this podcast is Dr. Alexander Niven, from the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the Mayo Clinic and he’ll provide answers to these questions and more as we discuss “How to Use Pulmonary Function Tests Effectively”.

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This course is intended for primary care providers: physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants

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Available credit: 
  • 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
  • 0.50 Attendance
Course opens: 
02/21/2023
Course expires: 
02/01/2026
Cost:
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  • 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
  • 0.50 Attendance

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