CME Credit Application Form (5 CME credits) This book has been accredited by the European Board for Accreditation in Pneumology (EBAP) for 5 CME credits. To receive CME credits, read this issue of the Monograph, indicate the correct responses to the educational questions and complete the requested information. To return your application, you can either: use this form and return it completed to ERS Publications Office, 442 Glossop Road, Sheffield, S10 2PX, UK fax to +44-114-2665064 or e-mail to info@ersj.org.uk fill in the online form avaliable on the table of contents for the issue at erm.ersjournals.com Certificates will be e-mailed to the address filled in below. Please allow 4 weeks for processing. Applicant personal details ERS Membership No. : .................................................Date of Birth (DD/MM/YYYY): .......................... (if known) Family Name: ............................................................ First Name: ........................................................ Mailing Address: .................................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................................................................. ................................................................................................................................................................. Postal Code: ............................ City: ................................................ Country: ....................................... Telephone: +.................................................... E-mail: ........................................................................... Educational questions 1. Which one of the following statements is true regarding COPD and its comorbidities?  The prevalence of COPD and comorbidities is consistent among different, available epidemiological studies due to a common standard definition and metholodology.  Most people with COPD ultimately die of chronic respiratory failure.  Depression is very uncommon in people with COPD.  Inhaled corticosteroids may increase the incidence of pneumonia, yet decrease the incidence of exacerbations. 2. A 60-year-old male presents to your outpatient clinic for evaluation and management of COPD. Which one of the following combinations of comorbidities is the most likely to predict mortality?  Coronary artery disease and oesophageal cancer.  Depression and hyperlipidaemia.  Pulmonary hypertension and diabetes.  Stroke and chronic renal failure. 3. Which one of the following statements is true?  People with COPD have an increased incidence of lung cancer in excess of their smoking-related risk.  Despite widespread belief, data from the ECLIPSE study did not identify the presence of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease as an independent predictor of frequent COPD exacerbations.  The incidence of osteoporosis in COPD patients is comparable to controls.  AV nodal re-entry tachycardia is the most common arrhythmia in the population with COPD. 225 Continued on next page