Respiratory Disease and Old Age in the 21st Century

Friday 3 September 2010
Venue: Lecture Theatre 1, Education Centre, Bristol Royal Infirmary
Location: South Western

Sessions:

• The Size of the problem
• The link between aging and respiratory disease
• Co-morbidity: The contribution to respiratory disease
• Asthma and old age              
• The reality of COPD in the elderly
• Pneumonia in old age                       
• Interstitial lung disease and old age
• Sleep-disordered breathing- An old age perspective
• Pulmonary emboli – diagnosis and management in the elderly        
• End of life care                                 

1. Delivery of care for old age respiratory patients-Clinical perspective
2. Delivery of care for old age respiratory patients - Economic perspective    

For further details, please contact Claudia Foster.       

CPD: Applied for, but the course is likely to attract 5 credits.

Course Fee: 

£ 50.00 payable to: Respiratory Medicine Educational Fund.  

Audience:

Contact Person: Claudia Foster

Contact Email: Claudia.Foster@uhbristol.nhs.uk