Cystic Fibrosis: The Primary Care Provider’s Role in Case Finding and Referral

Credits: 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™   CME/CE Information and Claim Credit: https://www.pri-med.com/online-cme-ce/podcast/nhlbi-cystic-fibrosis  Overview: “Cystic Fibrosis: The Primary care Provider’s Role in Case Finding and Referral” is a CME podcast episode produced by Pri-Med in partnership with Learn More Breathe Better®, a program of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health. In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Marrah Lachowicz-Scroggins, Program Director with NHLBI’s Division of Lung Diseases, and Dr. Deepika Polineni, director of the Cystic Fibrosis Center, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. We’ll be discussing what general practitioners should know about cystic fibrosis, including the factors that contribute to delayed or missed diagnosis, and the similarities and differences with primary ciliary dyskinesia, or PCD.