Respiratory Medicine Review and Update 8-CME Credit

Respiratory Disease Review and Update Workshop

One-Day 8-CME Credit workshop designed for DOCTORS ONLY on Respiratory Medicine Review & Update, presented by Prof. Mohamed Abd Alghaffar, Head of Pulmonary Unit, Salmaniya Medical Complex, MOH, Bahrain. Date: 7 July 2018 from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm and will be organized by Smart Management Consultancy.

Introduction

Respiratory disease is a medical term that encompasses pathological conditions affecting the organs and tissues that make gas exchange possible in higher organisms, and includes conditions of the upper respiratory tract, trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, alveoli, pleura and pleural cavity, and the nerves and muscles of breathing. Respiratory diseases range from mild and self-limiting, such as the common cold, to life-threatening entities like bacterial pneumonia, pulmonary embolism, acute asthma and lung cancer.

The study of respiratory disease is known as pulmonology. A doctor who specializes in respiratory disease is known as a pulmonologist, a chest…