We are back with another #RadiologyRounds brought to you today by one of our PulmPEEPs Associate Editors @TessLitchman








Make sure to check out our prior episode and infographic on Severe COPD and Lung Volume Reduction

We are back with another #RadiologyRounds brought to you today by one of our PulmPEEPs Associate Editors @TessLitchman
Make sure to check out our prior episode and infographic on Severe COPD and Lung Volume Reduction
We are extremely excited for the third and final installment in our Pulm PEEPs and ATS Clinical Problems Assembly collaborative series on COPD. Today, we are joined by Drs. Jessica Bon, Michael Lester, and Niru Putcha to discuss severe COPD management and the role of lung volume reduction procedures. If you missed the first two parts of our series, make sure to check out episode 1 on COPD diagnosis and initial management, and episode 2 on COPD exacerbations.
Meet our Guests
Jessica Bon is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine where she is also the Program Director for the Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship. Her research and clinical interests focus on lung disease progression in COPD and she manages patients with difficult-to-treat and severe COPD and evaluates patients for lung volume reduction surgery. Jessica was the chair of the ATS Clinical Problems Assembly Programming Committee from 2021 – 2022.
Michael Lester is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Michael’s interests span both pulmonary and critical care medicine. He specializes in patients with advanced COPD and evaluation for bronchoscopic lung volume reduction surgery.
Niru Putcha is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and is an integral member and mentor in the Obstructive Lung Disease Group. Her research and clinical interests focus on the role of comorbidities on clinical outcomes in individuals with COPD. She also manages patients with difficult-to-treat and severe COPD and evaluates patients for lung volume reduction surgery. Niru is also the new chair of the ATS Clinical Problems Assembly Programming Committee.
Key Learning Points
Patients with advanced COPD should also be considered for lung transplantation. We will have an episode on lung transplant coming up soon!
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This week on #RadiologyRounds we continue our series on COPD. Make sure to listen to all our episodes made in collaboration with the ATS Clinical Problems Assembly.
The CT shows moderate to severe centrilobular emphysema. These different patterns of emphysematous changes on CT can be related to the underlying driver of the disease and to symptom and disease severity.
In terms of follow-up, would you test this patient for alpha 1 anti-trypsin deficiency?
Current GOLD guidelines recommend that everyone with COPD, regardless of age or ethnicity should be tested for alpha 1 anti-trypsin deficiency.
Today we have episode two in our Pulm PEEPs and ATS Clinical Problems Assembly collaborative series on COPD. We are joined by Dr. Brad Drummond and Dr. Allison Lambert to discuss COPD exacerbations. Make sure to check out episode 1 in the series and stay tuned for more great content.
Meet Our Guests
Brad Drummond is an Associate Professor of Medicine at UNC School of Medicine. He is also the Associate Division Chief of Outpatient Services, the Co-Medical Director of the Pulmonary Specialty Clinics at UNC, and the Director of the Obstructive Lung Diseases Clinical and Translational Research Center. He is also the incoming Assembly Chair for the ATS CP Assembly.
Allison Lambert is a Pulmonary and Critical Care physician at Providence Medical Group, where she is also the Director of the Adult Cystic Fibrosis Program and co-leads the Therapeutic Development Network. Her expertise spans CF, non-CF bronchiectasis as well as COPD. Allison is also a committee member in the ATS Clinical Problems Assembly
Key Learning Points
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The Pulm PEEPs are extremely excited today to be launching our series on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in partnership with the ATS Clinical Problems Assembly. We are joined by Dr. Bob Wise and Dr. Wassim Labaki to discuss the classification and initial workup of COPD, and management strategies from inhalers to pulmonary rehabilitation. Make sure to listen today and in the coming weeks for the rest of our COPD discussion.
Meet Our Guests
Dr. Bob Wise is a Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and has served as the Medical Director of the Pulmonary Function Lab at the Johns Hopkins Asthma and Allergy Center. Bob is a leader in the care of patients with obstructive lung disease and his research focus has been conducting multi-center clinical trials in airway disease and is also a master physiologist. Bob has been involved in various capacities with ATS throughout his tenure as well and received the ATS CP Assembly Sreedhar Nair Lifetime Achievement Award in COPD.
Dr. Wassim Labaki is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine as well as the Medical Director of the Lung Volume Reduction Surgery Program at the University of Michigan. Wassim was the recipient of the Early Career Investigator Award in COPD from ATS in 2019 and currently is on the Program Committee of the ATS Clinical Problems Assembly.
Key Learning Points
Modified Medical Research Council (mMRC) Dyspnea Scale
mMRC Grade 0 = Only breathless with strenuous exercise
mMRC Grade 1 = Short of breath when hurrying on level ground, or walking up a slight hill
mMRC Grade 2 = Walking slower than people of the same age due to dyspnea, or stopping due to dyspnea when walking at my own pace on level ground
mMRC Grade 3 = Stopping for breath after walking 100 meters / a few minutes on level ground
mMRC Grade 4 = Too breathless to leave the house or breathless with getting dressed / undressed
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