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BTS Guidelines: Follow up guide post COVID-19 Pneumonia:

Resp follow up guidance post covid pneumonia

 

There are also some more useful COVID-19 specific guidelines on the BTS website https://brit-thoracic.org.uk/about-us/covid-19-information-for-the-respiratory-community/#bts-guidance-on-venous-thromboembolic-disease-in-patients-with-covid-19

 

BTS Long term macrolide use

Paper:

rapid development of bullous disease – e-cig

 

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/wuhan-novel-coronavirus

 

 

 

https://www.lungsatwork.org.uk/publications/identifying-causation-hypersensitivity-pneumonitis-british-perspective

 

Palliative treatment of chronic breathlessness syndrome

 

https://www.nejm.org/vaping

 

A genuinely great conference and good update for physicians. Also some extra GIM points.

 

https://rcpmedicine.co.uk/2020/

 

Dear new ST3s,

 

Welcome to the South West Deanery.

I hope you have settled in your new jobs.

I just want to share some useful contacts:

• Training Programme Director for Respiratory Medicine: Dr Bip Patel  (Based at Exeter Hospital)
• Head of School of Medicine: Dr Helen Waters (Peninsula) & Dr Raghuram Ananthakrishnan (Severn)
• Associate Dean for Medicine: Dr Hui Lam
• Education programme Manager: Naomi Mallinson
• Education programme coordinator: Kayleigh Merry
• Trainee rep: Fraser Easton

 

I hope you find this website useful. Feel free to contact me with any ideas, thoughts or queries.