22nd February, 2021

#29 JournalSpotting go to BTS

An update from the British Thoracic Society Winter 2021 Meeting

We virtually attended the amazing Winter Meeting by the British Thoracic Society and have assembled a star studded cast to bring you the highlights!

Part 1

Discrimination in COVID times
The cost of COVID to our healthcare services,
D-dimers in COVID,
Post TB lung disease,
Why the circadian rhythm really is important clinically
Top pleural facts.

Featuring:

Dr. Jamilah Meghji- clinical academic respiratory medicine
Dr. Marina Soltan- NIHR Respiratory Registrar
Dr. Sam Bartlett-Pestell- Respiratory Registrar
Dr. Stefano Palazzo- Respiratory Registrar
Dr. Amy Downes- Respiratory Registrar

Part 2

Air pollution and the havoc it is causing in the UK, in Africa and in the World. We discuss the cost of the NHS amongst all this, particularly focusing on inhalers. We talk about what we can all do about it and why there is reason to be hopeful!

Featuring:

Dr. Laura-Jane Smith, Respiratory Consultant.
Claire McBrien, Respiratory Registrar
Vicky Tayler, Respiratory Registrar
Emma Lombard, Respiratory trainee

Have you been trying to keep up with the COVID literature, but too shattered after work these days to read anything except the local take out menu?

TOCILIZUMAB: Why it's been approved and when you might be using it.
ICU DELIRIUM: Why you should put the benzos away and get the iPad out.
ASYMPTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:What percentage of your family actually had COVID at Christmas?
VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM: Wondering why everyone is messing around with the prophylaxis dose?
OXYGEN: is it safe in the early 90's?
PRONING: what's the point and do patients actually do it?
ACE INHIBITORS: can we finally declare them safe in COVID?

#29 JournalSpotting go to BTS

An update from the British Thoracic Society Winter 2021 Meeting

We virtually attended the amazing Winter Meeting by the British Thoracic Society and have assembled a star studded cast to bring you the highlights!

Part 1

Part 2

#28 Journal Round Up Winter Mash Up ‘21

THROMBOLYSIS + ABLATION + QUINOLONES & ANEURYSMS + O2 SATS & ETHNICITY

We’re back with another round up of December 2020 and January 2021 to make sure you haven’t missed the most important general medicine publications.

#27 JournalChat COVID Trials & Immunomodulation

with Dr James Galloway

He helps guide us through the mysteries of immunomodulation in COVID in understandable terms. What do the trials show us? Why? And, what is on the COVID horizon?

#26 COVIDZONE: COVID-19 Literature updates

Have you been trying to keep up with the COVID literature, but too shattered after work these days to read anything except the local take out menu?

#25 JournalChat: What is the Cost of Healthcare on our Environment?

With Ms. Chantelle Rizan

Want to know how to be more green at work, but you can only sigh as you plop your 1 millionth item of pristine plastic PPE from that morning into the bin?