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About This Course As respiratory therapists, we likely have an excellent professional understanding of the “many shades of COPD” from our patient care experiences. However, we may not have considered the concomitant impact sleep disorders bring to our COPD patient. Sleep Disordered Breathing is one of the most underdiagnosed and neglected disorders directly affecting both … Continued
Every other week we bring you some of the current trends in respiratory care. This week we discuss blood tests, health disparities, and more.
AARC, in partnership with Boehringer-Ingelheim, would like to introduce new resources that will aid with the respiratory therapist management of COPD. Huddle Card The Huddle Card Checklist is intended to be used during your daily huddle. It provides considerations to note during the patients’ hospital journey from admission through discharge. Some of these considerations include: … Continued
By Debbie Bunch October 6, 2025 Group Singing Improves Quality of Life for COPD PatientsAustralian researchers presenting at the recent European Respiratory Society Congress in Amsterdam reported promising results for a group singing initiative aimed at improving quality of life and respiratory symptoms among patients with chronic lung disease. The randomized controlled study involved 101 participants, … Continued
By Debbie Bunch February 24, 2025 Menthol Cigarettes Up Mortality RisksPublic health groups have been trying to ban menthol from cigarettes for decades, claiming the additive not only encourages people to start smoking but hinders them from quitting. New research from the American Cancer Society suggests menthol cigarettes also raise the mortality risk for some current … Continued
By Debbie Bunch January 20, 2025 DPI Triple Inhaler Therapy May Outperform MDI Triple Inhaler Therapy Researchers from the U.S. and Canada who compared outcomes for two commonly prescribed triple inhaler therapies for COPD in a study published by BMJ found one marginally outperformed the other. The research involved U.S. health claims data from 2012-2023 … Continued
By Debbie Bunch October 7, 2024 Viruses That Linger Could be Behind Chronic Lung Conditions A study conducted in mice by investigators from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis suggests eliminating immune cells in the lungs where respiratory viruses hide out after symptoms of the illness are gone may hold promise for preventing … Continued
By Debbie Bunch June 10, 2024 Early Diagnosis of Asthma, COPD, Pays Off Finding cases of asthma and COPD early in the disease process can significantly improve outcomes for these patients, report Canadian researchers publishing in The New England Journal of Medicine. The investigators began their study with random phone calls to people across Canada … Continued
About This Course As our understanding of COPD continues to grow, so do our diagnostic and assessment options. This presentation will go beyond spirometry to look at additional tools RTs can use to evaluate treatable traits in COPD and provide more individualized care for everyone living with obstructed airflow.. Successful completion of this course requires … Continued
By Debbie Bunch June 30, 2025 Passive Digital Marker May Predict Asthma in Kids A new passive digital marker, based on a combination of routinely collected medical history data, may help predict which children are at risk of developing asthma. The tool was developed by researchers from the Indiana University School of Medicine, utilizing a modified … Continued
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