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View on demand: ATS 2021 highlights through an Australian lens

We recently hosted a webinar featuring an expert panel discussing highlights from the 2021 virtual meeting of the American Thoracic Society, and the potential for transforming clinical practice in Australia. If you didn't get the chance to join us, you...

We recently hosted a webinar featuring an expert panel discussing highlights from the 2021 virtual meeting of the American Thoracic...

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News in brief: Triple therapy in single inhaler on the PBS; Mapping where coronavirus travels in the lungs; Update on COPD burden

Trimbow now available on the PBS for COPD The triple therapy inhaler Trimbow (beclometasone dipropionate 100 µg, formoterol fumarate dihydrate 6 µg and glycopyrronium 10 µg) has been added to the PBS for the treatment of moderate to severe COPD requiring...

Trimbow now available on the PBS for COPD The triple therapy inhaler Trimbow (beclometasone dipropionate 100 µg, formoterol fumarate dihydrate 6...
ILD

Antifibrotic agent slows progression of RA-ILD

Nintedanib slows the rate of decline in forced vital capacity (FVC) in patients with progressive fibrosing RA associated interstitial lung disease (RA-ILD), according to a UK study. A subanalysis of the INBUILD trial comprised 89 patients with RA-ILD of which 42...

Nintedanib slows the rate of decline in forced vital capacity (FVC) in patients with progressive fibrosing RA associated interstitial lung...
COPD

HFNC a reasonable first option for patients with mild acute hypercapnic respiratory failure

High-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) oxygen therapy may be a reasonable initial treatment option for patients presenting with mild  acute hypercapnic respiratory failure, a Queensland study suggests. The treatment proved effective and better tolerated than non-invasive ventilation (NIV) in real world use according to results...

High-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) oxygen therapy may be a reasonable initial treatment option for patients presenting with mild  acute hypercapnic respiratory failure, a...