News – HESW Respiratory

British Thoracic Society Training Standards for Thoracic Ultrasound (TUS)

For those who haven’t seen the new updates!

bts-training-standards-for-thoracic-ultrasound Download

COVID-19 Pneumonia follow-up

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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 guideline for the use of long-term macrolides in adults with respiratory disease

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BTS Long term macrolide use

NOT COVID-19 but the ‘Rapid development of bullous lung disease: a complication of electronic cigarette use’

Paper:

rapid development of bullous disease – e-cig

COVID-19 Government information: Guide for health professionals

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

The Wessex Respiratory SCE Revision Course

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Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis

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

Chronic breathlessness syndrome

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Palliative treatment of chronic breathlessness syndrome

Vaping and Lung Disease

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https://www.nejm.org/vaping

RCP 2020

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

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