Health Disparities and Pulmonary Function Testing
Fig. 5.1 Underdiagnosis of COPD in the absence of routine spirometry. Reproduced with permission from Insights for Improvement: Advancing COPD Care Through Quality Measurement. Copyright © 2009 by the National…
Health Disparities in Tobacco Smoking and Smoke Exposure
Cancer Cardiovascular Respiratory Other • Oropharynx • Stroke • Chronic obstructive pulmonary • Oral cleftsa • Larynx • Coronary heart disease • α1-antitrypsin deficiency and cutis laxa are genetic causes…
Health Disparities in Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders
Fig. 14.1 Home sleep recording showing ventilatory response to a disturbance (central apnea) in the setting of high loop gain chemoreceptor response. Notice how high loop gain results in overreaction…
Health Disparities in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Fig. 10.1 Age-adjusted prevalence (%) of self-reported physician-diagnosed COPD among adults ≥25 years, by sex and year—United States, National Health Interview Survey, 1999–2011 [11] There may be gender differences in…
Where Do We Go from Here? Improving Disparities in Respiratory Health
Risk factor Impact Tobacco smoke (direct or passive exposure) Multiple respiratory illnesses, including asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), tuberculosis, and lung cancer Air pollution Morbidity and mortality from asthma…
Health Disparities in Occupational Exposures
Fig. 4.1 African-American foundry worker preparing to pour molten metal at a foundry in Minnesota. Photo by David Parker, MD Introduction Federal and state governmental programs to address health disparities…
