Specialist Updates Respiratory

Is antibiotic resistance awareness reducing asthma?

26th March 2020
Cutting down on antibiotic use to curb antimicrobial resistance may have the unintended effect of lowering rates of asthma,…
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Study smokes out the true health harms of bushfires

26th March 2020
More than 400 Australians died and almost 4500 were hospitalised as a result of smoke exposure during the summer bushfire…
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Specialist Updates Respiratory

Preservative-free salbutamol 'better for continuous nebulisation'

26th March 2020
For children needing continuous nebulisation after a severe asthma attack, preservative-free salbutamol may be safer than…
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Specialist Updates Cardiology

Patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension languishing on monotherapy: study

18th March 2020
One in six Australians with pulmonary arterial hypertension remain on a single drug despite the severity of their disease…
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Love in the time of COVID-19

24th March 2020
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Specialist Updates Respiratory

ARDS outcomes 'not improved' by low-range oxygen levels

12th March 2020
When it comes to giving oxygen to ICU patients being treated for acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), less is not…
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Specialist Updates Respiratory

Weight gain in adulthood tied to poor lung function

12th March 2020
Gaining weight during adulthood is associated with worsening lung function but losing weight can reverse the effect, a…
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Doona you think this chest X-ray looks 'normal'?

6th March 2020
Take a gander at this X-ray: does it look ‘normal’ to you? This patient’s doctors thought so at first. The 43-year-old…
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