Faculty Sponsor

Professor Jana Stedman

College

Nursing

Department/Program

Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies

Presentation Type

Poster Presentation

Symposium Date

Summer 7-24-2024

Abstract

Objective: Evaluate one year post Zephyr Valve placement the lung function and the symptomatic scales. Methods: Valve: Valpo Summon, Google Scholar, and PubMed. Search terms within the databases included “Zephyr Valve + effects”, “COPD + Emphysema”, “Long-term management COPD”, and “Long term effects + side effects + Zephyr”. There were 46 results that appeared on Valpo Summon. Five studies selected: two retrospective analyses, two randomized control trials, and one multicenter prospective randomized control trial crossover. Results: Zephyr Valve shown improvement for lung function and symptomatic scales. Conclusion: Zephyr Valve was promising for improvement of the lung function and symptomatic scales for COPD-e.

Keywords: Zephyr Valve, COPD, Emphysema, Exacerbation, Lung function

Biographical Information about Author(s)

Maggie Yavaraski has a special interest and plans on working in pulmonary critical care following graduation. She will be presenting on “Lung Volume Reduction with Endobronchial Zephyr Valve”.

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