The CAAT governance board recommends transitioning from the COPD Assessment Test to the CAAT and using it for patients with asthma as well as for those with COPD. The governance board of the Chronic Airways Assessment Test (CAAT) is recommending...
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The CAAT governance board recommends transitioning from the COPD Assessment Test to the CAAT and using it for patients with asthma as well as those with COPD.
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Experts Urge Clinicians to Adopt CAAT Across Airway Diseases
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The CAAT governance board recommends transitioning from the COPD Assessment Test to the CAAT and using it for patients with asthma as well as those with COPD.
Addressing Patients’ Ongoing COPD Symptom Burden & Care Gaps
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Tachydysrhythmias are a challenging aspect of emergency medicine, with atrial fibrillation being the most common. Electrical cardioversion is recommended for hemodynamically unstable patients, while treatment varies according to the dysrhythmia subtype in others....
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