In Focus: Be proactive in respiratory care
What should our priorities be for respiratory care in general practice? Aleksandra Gawlik-Lipinski shares her personal views with Nursing in Practice editor Carolyn Scott Aleksandra Gawlik-Lipinski, a respiratory nurse specialist working in general practice in south London, believes respiratory care is ‘falling behind’ other specialties in the UK. Here, she tells Nursing in Practice that... Read moreThe post In Focus: Be proactive in respiratory care appeared first on Nursing in Practice. (Source: Nursing in Practice)
Source: Nursing in Practice - January 4, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Carolyn Scott Tags: Respiratory asthma breathlessness COPD spirometry Source Type: news
Suspected Bronchiectasis Linked to Mortality With Normal Spirometry
TUESDAY, Oct. 3, 2023 -- For adults with a history of smoking and normal spirometry, suspected bronchiectasis is associated with an increased risk for all-cause mortality, according to a study published online Oct. 3 in the Annals of Internal... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - October 3, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Mortality Risk From Damaged Bronchi Extends to People Without COPD
(MedPage Today) -- Bronchiectasis was associated with an increased mortality risk in current and former smokers even if they did not meet the spirometric criteria for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), an observational study found.... (Source: MedPage Today Radiology)
Source: MedPage Today Radiology - October 2, 2023 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Race-Specific Spirometry: No Benefit in CT, Dyspnea Models Race-Specific Spirometry: No Benefit in CT, Dyspnea Models
Race-neutral equations reclassified up to 19% of Black patients as having more severe lung disease.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Internal Medicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape Internal Medicine Headlines - August 10, 2023 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Pulmonary Medicine Source Type: news
Study Explores Persons With Tobacco Exposure, Preserved Spirometry
THURSDAY, Aug. 3, 2023 -- Persons with tobacco exposure and preserved spirometry (TEPS) with symptoms (symptomatic TEPS) do not have accelerated rates of decline in forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) or chronic obstructive pulmonary... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - August 3, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Fixed-Ratio Spirometry Underdiagnoses COPD in African Americans
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 2, 2023 -- The fixed-ratio spirometric criteria for chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD) underdiagnoses potential COPD in African American patients, according to a study recently published in the Journal of General Internal... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - August 2, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Race-Specific Approach to Spirometry Disadvantages Black Patients
WEDNESDAY, July 26, 2023 -- A race-specific approach to spirometry interpretation results in a lower lung allocation score (LAS) for Black patients and a higher LAS for White patients, according to a study published online May 26 in the Annals of... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - July 26, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Spirometry Predicts Mortality in Type 2 Diabetes Spirometry Predicts Mortality in Type 2 Diabetes
Preserved ratio impaired spirometry showed potential for risk stratification and disease prevention in a large cohort study.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - July 12, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pulmonary Medicine News Source Type: news
Jury Finds Libby CARD Clinic Guilty of Filing False Asbestos Health Claims
The Center for Asbestos Related Disease, located in a small Montana mining town and current asbestos Superfund site, is now entangled in fraudulent asbestos health claims costing the government more than a million dollars.
A federal jury ruled in late June that the CARD clinic in Libby, Montana, submitted 337 false asbestos claims that made patients eligible for Medicare and other benefits they should not have received.
BNSF Railway filed a lawsuit against the clinic under the federal False Claims Act in 2019, alleging CARD failed to get outside confirmation that more than 300 patients had an asbestos-related disease...
Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - July 11, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Fran Mannino Tags: Asbestos Exposure Legal Source Type: news
Can all healthy adults use the current evidential breath alcohol analysers? An investigation using a large spirometry database - Ives G, Sbaffi L, Bath PA.
People failing to give a specimen of breath at a police station are assumed to be deliberately obstructive and are charged with Failure to Provide under the Road Traffic Act 1988. However, spirometry records of 281,210 healthy individuals from UK BioBank s... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - June 17, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Black Patients May Be Underdiagnosed for Lung Problems Because of Software Bias
This study, published in JAMA Network Open, offers one of the first real-world examples of how the the issue may affect diagnosis and care for lung patients, said Dr. Darshali Vyas, a pulmonary care doctor at Massachusetts General Hospital.
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The results are “exciting” to see published but it’s also “what we’d expect” from setting aside race-based calculations, said Vyas, who was an author of an influential 2020 New England Journal of Medicine article that catalogued examples of how race-based assumptions are used in making doctors’ decisi...
Source: TIME: Health - June 2, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Mike Stobbe/AP Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Research wire Source Type: news
CARD Clinic in Libby Designated as Center of Excellence
Lawmakers in Montana have declared the Center for Asbestos Related Diseases, also known as the CARD Clinic, as a Center of Excellence.
The Montana House of Representatives passed a resolution in May 2023 recognizing the clinic’s importance. Lawmakers say the clinic based in Libby, Montana, played a significant role in an asbestos contamination Superfund that began receiving national attention in 1999.
CARD Clinic, which opened its doors in 2000, includes a staff of asbestos disease specialists such as researchers, nurses, doctors and respiratory therapists. It is dedicated to the diagnosis and long-term care of Lib...
Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - May 18, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Amy Edel Tags: Asbestos Exposure Mesothelioma Treatment Source Type: news
ATS: Take Race Out of Spirometry ATS: Take Race Out of Spirometry
The American Thoracic Society now advises clinicians use a race-neutral average reference to assess lung function.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - April 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pulmonary Medicine News Source Type: news
Follow-up of patients with a 5-year survival after paraquat poisoning using computed tomography images and spirometry - Fan L, Wang X, Lv T, Xue F, Wu B, Ma A, Lu M.
OBJECTIVES: The study aimed to examine long-term survival of patients with acute paraquat poisoning using computed tomography (CT) images and spirometry. METHODS: A total of 36 patients with long-term survival after paraquat poisoning were followed... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 13, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Key Abstracts in COPD From CHEST 2022 Key Abstracts in COPD From CHEST 2022
Key abstracts in COPD from CHEST 2022, as reported by Dr Nicola Hanania, focus on spirometry use, exacerbation risks, home rehabilitation, and triple therapy after a second moderate exacerbation.Medscape (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - November 9, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: None ReCAP Source Type: news
