#500: COPD Update with Cyrus Askin
Oct 06, 2025•1 hr 18 min
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Episode description
GOLD Updates, Novel Treatments, and Managing Comorbidities in COPD Care
Level up your COPD care with practical, evidence-based strategies. Learn how to confirm airflow obstruction with spirometry (and use LLN/Z-scores thoughtfully), stage patients with the A/B/E framework, and build treatment around long-acting bronchodilation—adding ICS selectively based on exacerbations and eosinophils. We’ll highlight the nonpharmacologic moves that change outcomes (smoking cessation, vaccination, pulmonary rehab, oxygen when indicated), when to reach for add-ons (azithromycin, roflumilast), how to approach chronic hypercapnia with home NIV, and what’s new (hello, ensifentrine). Pulmonologist and longtime Curbsiders member Dr. Cyrus Askin (@Askins_Razor ) returns to share real-world pearls for diagnosing, treating, and managing comorbidities in COPD.
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Show Segments
Credits
Written and produced by Paul Wurtz MD. Show notes, cover art, and infographic also created by Paul Wurtz MD.
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Level up your COPD care with practical, evidence-based strategies. Learn how to confirm airflow obstruction with spirometry (and use LLN/Z-scores thoughtfully), stage patients with the A/B/E framework, and build treatment around long-acting bronchodilation—adding ICS selectively based on exacerbations and eosinophils. We’ll highlight the nonpharmacologic moves that change outcomes (smoking cessation, vaccination, pulmonary rehab, oxygen when indicated), when to reach for add-ons (azithromycin, roflumilast), how to approach chronic hypercapnia with home NIV, and what’s new (hello, ensifentrine). Pulmonologist and longtime Curbsiders member Dr. Cyrus Askin (@Askins_Razor ) returns to share real-world pearls for diagnosing, treating, and managing comorbidities in COPD.
Claim CME for this episode at curbsiders.vcuhealth.org!
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Show Segments
- Intro
- Case 1
- Diagnostic Workup
- Understanding the Ratio, LLN/Z-Scores, and Equity
- Symptom abd Risk Staging (A/B/E)
- Case 2
- Foundational Care
- Initial Inhaler Strategy
- Progression & Hypercapnia: NIV & Adherence Counseling
- Add-On Pharmacologic Options for Frequent Exacerbators
- What’s New and Emerging
- Comorbidities and When to Refer
- Take-Home Points Recap
- Plugs, CME, and Credits
Credits
Written and produced by Paul Wurtz MD. Show notes, cover art, and infographic also created by Paul Wurtz MD.
- Hosts: Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Paul Williams MD, FACP
- Reviewer: Emi Okamoto MD
- Showrunners: Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Paul Williams MD, FACP
- Technical Production: PodPaste
- Guest: Cyrus Askin MD
Sponsor - Freed
Use code: CURB50 to get $50 off your first month when you subscribe at freed.ai
Sponsor - Grammarly
Sign up for FREE and experience how Grammarly can elevate your professional writing from start to finish. Visit Grammarly.com/podcast
Sponsor -Locumstory
Learn about locums and get insights from real-life physicians, PAs and NPs at Locumstory.com
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