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Mar 2019
12m 10s

Asthma

THOMAS WATCHMAN
About this episode

In this episode I cover asthma.

If you want to follow along with written notes on asthma go to https://zerotofinals.com/asthma or find the respiratory section in the Zero to Finals medicine book.

This episode covers the pathophysiology, triggers, presentation, diagnosis and management of asthma. 

The audio in the episode was expertly edited by Harry Watchman.

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