| Risk Factors |
- Assess any modifiable risk
factors
- Assess smoking behavior
since index event
- Ask if patient wants to
quit smoking
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| Disease Progression and Patient Health
Status |
- Assess dyspnea
qualitatively through questions regarding ADL
- Note patient perceptions
regarding own symptoms and abilities to perform ADL
- Note somnolence,
development of new or worsening of current symptoms
- Assess any medical care
sought by patient after index event
- Enable access to
appropriate treatments and management of comorbidities
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| Treatment Review |
- Assess patient adherence to
prescribed dosing of medication
- Assess inhalation technique
for relevant medications
- Assess the use of alternate
remedies
- Ask about difficulties in
filling prescriptions, e.g. due to cost
- Note patient perceptions
regarding treatment efficacy
- Adjust treatments if
necessary according to patient needs and preferences
- In patients who continue to
smoke, work collaboratively with the patient’s physician to assist the
patient with effective, long-term cessation by prescribing effect
medication, giving the patient clear, supportive message to quit, and
referring the patient to community cessation programs.
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