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KingsResp - Love Your Lungs

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Education & research from the Respiratory Department at King's College Hospital, London. #RespEd #RespisBest #ThoracicThursday #medsky Free archive of SCE style Q&As at https://www.brainscape.com/p/4MNSM-LH-CAN86

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Burnet Institute@burnetinstitute.bsky.social · last yr.

A new oral treatment regimen for patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis has commenced in Papua New Guinea, bringing treatment duration down to six months and increasing success rates. This is a huge step forward for the health of people in PNG. Read more: www.burnet.edu.au/knowledge-an...

New treatment for drug-resistant tuberculosis commences in PNG | Burnet Institute

BPaL/M treatment is an oral regimen that slashes treatment duration by two thirds.

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KingsResp - Love Your Lungs@kingsresp.bsky.social · last yr.

Some great chats on this one in our team re the imaging, clinical presentation & path! Have you shared this on your ward round? What are your thoughts? #RespEd #RespIsBest #medsky #lungsky #pulmsky

KingsResp - Love Your Lungs@kingsresp.bsky.social · last yr.

Good morning! How’s your path & imaging knowledge? Test it in this week’s #ThoracicThursday quiz question! Tell us what you think. Answers at the weekend! #RespEd #RespIsBest #lungsky #medsky #pulmsky

KingsResp - Love Your Lungs@kingsresp.bsky.social · last yr.

What do you think? @lungsatwork.bsky.social @dr-lungs.bsky.social @jamesmurray07.bsky.social @balrcommunity.bsky.social @paeds-resp.bsky.social @btsrespiratory.bsky.social @womeninmedicine.bsky.social @drjesspotter.bsky.social @profhurst.bsky.social

KingsResp - Love Your Lungs@kingsresp.bsky.social · last yr.

Good morning! How’s your path & imaging knowledge? Test it in this week’s #ThoracicThursday quiz question! Tell us what you think. Answers at the weekend! #RespEd #RespIsBest #lungsky #medsky #pulmsky

Tom Newsom-Davis@tnewsomdavis.bsky.social · last yr.

❗️FLAURA2 approved by NICE❗️ Already on BlueTeq! Now an option for 1L EGFR+ pts Worth familiarising yourself with the higher risk subgroups that seemed to better with this regimen

BTOG@btog.bsky.social · last yr.

NICE has recommended Osimertinib with pemetrexed and platinum-based chemotherapy (based on the FLAURA2 trial) as an option for untreated advanced NSCLC in adults whose tumours have EGFR exon 19 deletions or exon 21 (L858R) substitution mutations.

Kids' Environment and Health Cohort@kenvhc.bsky.social · last yr.

New research from the Barcelona Institute for Global Health highlights the serious impact of air pollution 🌫️ on respiratory infections 🫁 It’s a powerful reminder of the need for stricter air quality standards, urgent action to reduce pollution, and a stronger commitment to protecting public health.

Dr Gary Fuller@drgaryfuller.bsky.social · last yr.

#Covid highlighted gaps in our understanding of the role that air pollution plays in infections. A new study of >3 m people found #airpollution increases your chances of hospitalisation with lower respiratory infections. Piece by me. Study by @isglobal.org www.theguardian.com/environment/...

JAMA@jama.com · last yr.

This JAMA Guide to Statistics and Methods provides an overview of platform trials, describes the characteristics that make them more efficient for evidence generation, and discusses their limitations. https://ja.ma/3XxvqBC

Platform Clinical Trials for the Efficient Evaluation of Multiple Treatments

This Guide to Statistics and Methods provides an overview of platform trials, describes the characteristics that make them more efficient for evidence generation, and discusses their limitations.

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André F. S. Amaral@andrefsamaral.bsky.social · last yr.

#Breathlessness is unpleasant. Is quality of life affected by it? Is this relationship homogeneous across the world? For answers, check out: "Quality of life associated with breathlessness in the multinational Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease (BOLD) study: A cross-sectional analysis" #TeamAmaral

Quality of life associated with breathlessness in the multinational Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease (BOLD) study: A cross-sectional analysis

Evidence of an association between breathlessness and quality of life from population-based studies is limited. We aimed to investigate the association of both physical and mental quality of life w...

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