by: Parent Project Muscular DystrophyMiddle Pulmonary Care Webinar (October 2014)
The second webinar in PPMD’s 3-Part Pulmonary Care Webinar Series.
Speakers:
- Dr. Jonathan Finder (Children’s Hospital of Pittsburg)
- Dr. Oren Kupfer (Children’s Hospital Colorado)
Topics:
- the importance of spirometery/cough peak flow
- using a cough assist
- night-time hypoventilation/sleep studies
- measuring oxygenation
- the effects of scoliosis on breathing
- traveling with pulmonary assist devices
- preventing pneumonia
