Pulmonary Disorders: COPD

Introduction The well-educated, well-motivated law enforcement officer (LEO) with certain well managed pulmonary disorders may be able to safel...

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease The well-educated, well-motivated LEO with some degree of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) ma...

LEOs with On-the-job Performance Issues Potentially Related to COPD LEOs with on-the-job performance issues potentially related to COPD should ...

COPD and Law Enforcement Fitness-for-Duty Assessment Chronic obstructive pulmonary (or lung) disease (COPD) is an entity with which most clinic...

Assessment of and Functional Classification of COPD GOLD diagnostic criteria include the following: Presence of symptoms (see Tabl...

Evaluation of COPD Effect on Ability to Perform Essential Law Enforcement Job Functions COPD is associated with decreased oxygen delivery from ...

On-going Monitoring of LEOs with COPD COPD is a chronic, usually progressive, pulmonary disease in which progression might be variable between ...

Oxygen Treatment in COPD Oxygen supplementation in COPD may be continuous or only at night. In either case, it implies a high level of loss of ...

Asthma/COPD Syndrome An increasing interest in defining subtypes (phenotypes) of COPD as they relate to treatment response, disease progression...

References Global Strategy for the Diagnosis, Management, and Prevention of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 2019 Report. A...