Key advances in COPD
Join online as a panel of experts explores the latest developments in COPD, including risk classification and early diagnosis, exacerbation markers and management of cardiac and other co-morbidities. Hosted by ...
What to expect from this weekend’s TSANZ 2023 conference
Updates on gas exchange, CF and the big health policy debates in Canberra are among the highlights for this weekend’s TSANZ annual scientific meeting for specialists in lung health and respiratory science. But organisers admit the greatest drawcard for many in the specialty is likely to be the social calendar at...
Saying sorry: What new 'duty of candour' laws mean for doctors
New laws requiring all public and private hospitals to apologise to patients who are seriously harmed in their care have brought Victoria into line with the rest of the country, medicolegal experts say. The implications for the medical and legal professions of the legislation called 'statutory duty of candour' were outlined...
Guidelines author outlines new definition of pulmonary hypertension
The latest European Respiratory Society guidelines on pulmonary hypertension include a major change to the haemodynamic definition of the condition, the TSANZ 2023 ASM has heard. Guideline co-author Associate Professor Gabor Kovacs presented an outline of the ERS document, which was...
The latest European Respiratory Society guidelines on pulmonary hypertension include a major change to the haemodynamic definition of the condition,...
Evidence mounts on thermoplasty and airway remodelling
Evidence that bronchial thermoplasty can reverse airway remodelling is now ‘pretty strong’, with a recent randomised controlled trial showing significant effects in six month follow-up, the TSANZ 2023 ASM has heard. Promoted as the ‘new frontier’ in severe asthma, bronchial thermoplasty...
Evidence that bronchial thermoplasty can reverse airway remodelling is now ‘pretty strong’, with a recent randomised controlled trial showing significant...
6 rules for respiratory specialists working with Indigenous patients
A leading researcher in indigenous health and lung disease has urged respiratory specialists to reconsider their interactions with Aboriginal communities, saying positive outcomes are possible with the right approach. Professor Maree Toombs offered a list of rules at the TSANZ 2023...
A leading researcher in indigenous health and lung disease has urged respiratory specialists to reconsider their interactions with Aboriginal communities,...