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Growing Overlap of COPD, Severe Obesity, and Sleep Apnea

Physician's Weekly

They analyzed using NHANES data from 2005–2008 and 2015–March 2020. kg/m 2 The results showed that from 2005–2008 to 2015–March 2020, the proportion of individuals with a triple overlap of COPD, severe obesity, and HR-OSA rose from 0.653% [95% CI, 0.651–0.655%] to 1.560% [95% CI, 1.557–1.563%].

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The Future of Geriatrics: A Podcast with Jerry Gurwitz, Ryan Chippendale, and Mike Harper

GeriPal

So the data relating to the number of geriatricians in this country, salaries in comparison to hospitalists or primary care physicians. So I did fellowship in 2005. Mike: I became a fellowship director in 2005 and I remember having these same conversations nearly 20 years ago. And finally the big thing was the match.