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Pharmacy Excellence: Nutrition and COPD

This pharmacy excellence module has been developed to help you understand the risk of malnutiron in patients with COPD and helps you to understand how you can support these patients in the pharmacy.

This learning module has been developed to provide you with an understanding of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and the important role nutrition plays in management of the disease.

The module will cover the following objectives:

  • Introduction to COPD
  • Overview including causes, symptoms, diagnosis and management
  • The role of nutrition in COPD
  • Causes and consequences of malnutrition in COPD
  • How to identify and support patients with malnutrition in COPD
  • How to support COPD patients in the pharmacy

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