24 Nov Non-Invasive Ventilation for COPD Patients
When a patient requires mechanical assistance to breathe, the choices are invasive mechanical ventilation (use of an endotracheal tube or...
Author: PERF
17 Nov Preparing For Your Doctor Visit For Treatment of COPD
By Mary Burns, RN, BS PERF Executive Vice President Sally writes that it has been more than 10 years since she has...
10 Nov Emphysema Athletes
By the late Thomas L. Petty, MD Former PERF Board Member Dear Friends: I doubt that many who read this believe that I'm...
07 Nov November Is COPD Awareness Month
This is the month when the COPD Foundation celebrates COPD Awareness Month, an internationally recognized annual event to make more people...
03 Nov Frailty and Exercise Therapy For COPD Patients
Older patients with COPD are twice as likely to suffer from frailty as the general population of older people. In...