Online Continuing Education Courses

Cardiopulmonary Pathophysiology

• Discuss how smoking impacts the cardiovascular and pulmonary systems
• Describe how lung dysfunction leads to cardiac dysfunction
• Describe how cardiac dysfunction leads to lung dysfunction
• Differentiate obstructive from restrictive pulmonary pathology and the manifestations of each
• Name 5 factors that precipitate an asthma attack
• List 3 risk factors of coronary artery disease
• Describe the process of artherosclerosis
• Discuss rheumatoid arthritis and its impact on specific organs