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The British Thoracic Society @btsrespiratory.bsky.social · May 26

🤝 In-person, hands-on training for Non-Invasive & Home Mechanical Ventilation 🤝

Join our practical course to get real-world, interactive learning and develop essential skills for managing NIV & HMV.

📅 18 June 2025
📍 Manchester
🔗 tinyurl.com/5dpsn6p3

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The British Thoracic Society @btsrespiratory.bsky.social · May 30

The Summer Meeting is only weeks away and we will soon be setting up for two days of inspiring, educational talks and seminars including an overview of the Evolving Landscape of Respiratory Care.

Book now 👉️ brit-thoracic.uk/SM25

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King's College London @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social · May 22

A new report has found that people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) feel like ‘second class citizens’.

Launched today at the House of Commons, the report sets out the stark reality people with COPD face in securing diagnosis & accessing care.

www.kcl.ac.uk/news/people-...

People with COPD feel like 'second class citizens', finds new report

A report from King’s College London sets out the stark reality people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) face in securing diagnosis and accessing care.

www.kcl.ac.uk

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NEJM.org @nejm.org · May 5

In the MATINEE trial, the addition of mepolizumab to the treatment of patients with COPD and an elevated eosinophil count led to a lower rate of moderate or severe exacerbations than placebo. Full trial results and Research Summary: nej.md/3YjqZe4 

#MedSky #PulmSky

The New England Journal of Medicine
Mepolizumab for COPD with an Eosinophilic Phenotype
A Research Summary based on Sciurba FC et al. | 10.1056/NEJMoa2413181 | Published on May 1, 2025

Visual representations of the patients in the trial and the treatments they were assigned.

Read the full Research Summary at NEJM.org.

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NEJM.org @nejm.org · May 7

Mepolizumab reduces exacerbations in COPD with eosinophilic inflammation.

See highlights from the MATINEE trial in a new Quick Take video.

🎥 Watch here: nej.md/3GxZAis

#MedSky #PulmSky

An illustration of mepolizumab for treating patients with COPD and eosinophilic inflammation

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NEJM.org @nejm.org · May 11

Presented at #ECO2025:

In the SURMOUNT-5 phase 3b trial involving adults with obesity without type 2 diabetes, tirzepatide was superior to semaglutide in reducing body weight and waist circumference. Full trial results: nej.md/44ZeMPz

@easoobesity.bsky.social

The least-squares mean percent changes in body weight

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NEJM.org @nejm.org · May 14

Dual-eligible Medicare–Medicaid beneficiaries receive the Low-Income Subsidy, which reduces cost sharing for medications. Loss of drug subsidies after Medicaid disenrollment was associated with increased mortality. Learn more in a Special Article: nej.md/4jS1wRt

#MedSky #PublicHealth

A graph showing unadjusted proportions of Medicare beneficiaries who remained alive according to month since Medicaid disenrollment.

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NEJM.org @nejm.org · May 14

In the TAK-861-2001 trial involving 112 participants with narcolepsy type 1, oveporexton significantly improved measures of wakefulness, sleepiness, and cataplexy over a period of 8 weeks. Full trial results: nej.md/3ZdlKNi

#MedSky #NeuroSky

A graph showing the change from baseline in average sleep latency on the Maintenance of Wakefulness Test (MWT)

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Becky D’Cruz @rebdcruz.bsky.social · May 14

Dr Charlie Addy giving insights into practical steps to get into research as part of respiratory training

Informative and pragmatic day at the BTS Respiratory Clinical Research Training Day

#RespIsBest #BTS

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Respiratory Futures @respfutures.bsky.social · Apr 25

RESP Webinars are an initiative we have developed in partnership with INSPIRE and Asthma + Lung UK to provide a free educational resource to respiratory professionals.
Join Mona Bafadhel for insights into COPD Exacerbation Management.

Book here 👉 brit-thoracic.uk/RESPMay25

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Respiratory Futures @respfutures.bsky.social · Mar 31

Only a few more days to join INSPIRE for an insightful webinar with Professor Nick Hart exploring health tech strategies for advanced COPD & the future of respiratory research.

📅 Wednesday 2 April, 7-8pm
brit-thoracic.uk/RESPApril

#COPD #Webinar #INSPIRE @aluk_research

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Becky D’Cruz @rebdcruz.bsky.social · May 14

Inaugural BTS Clinical Research Training day:

Dr @akijha.bsky.social demonstrating the power of research to improve patient care & breadth of research within Respiratory Medicine - get involved!

Check out INSPIRE network @inspireresp.bsky.social www.inspirerespiratory.co.uk

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Apr 26

The final honor guard for Pope Francis included migrants, prisoners, transgender people, the homeless and others selected by the Vicariate of Rome as a symbol of the late pope’s mission of inclusion and outreach.

Read more from the funeral: wapo.st/3YdDGqM

“That they should be the ones to welcome Pope Francis’s coffin in the basilica is because these people are those who represented the focus of his mission,” said Father Giulio Albanese, head of missionary cooperation and communications for the Vicariate of Rome. “They are those who live on the peripheries, geographical and existential peripheries.”

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ATS Blue Journal @atsblueeditor.bsky.social · Apr 3

Nasal High Flow to Modulate Dyspnea in Orally Intubated Weanable Patients
@atscommunity.bsky.social #medsky

🔓 Open Access

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Nasal High Flow to Modulate Dyspnea in Orally Intubated Weanable Patients | American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

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ATS Blue Journal @atsblueeditor.bsky.social · Apr 3

Nasal High Flow to Modulate Dyspnea in Orally Intubated Patients
@atscommunity.bsky.social #medsky

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JAMA @jama.com · Apr 3

Deportations and immigration restrictions could impact the US health care system by removing skilled noncitizen workers, leading to staff shortages and compromised patient care. https://ja.ma/4ci0NpS

Deporting Immigrants May Further Shrink the Health Care Workforce

This study explores the potential for health care staffing shortages in the US by estimating the number of immigrants employed in health care who could be affected by deportation or immigration restrictions.

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NEJM.org @nejm.org · Apr 3

Among U.S. and European adults, greater wealth was associated with lower mortality. The difference in mortality between the wealthiest and poorest appeared to be larger in the United States than in Europe. Learn more in a Special Article: nej.md/4l4a2xX

#MedSky #HealthPolicy #PublicHealth

Kaplan–Meier survival estimates according to survey and wealth in the Health and Retirement Study (HRS)

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DrLJ @drlaurajane.bsky.social · Mar 22

I gave a talk last month on plastics & health. Terrified myself! This paper alone should make us all re-evaluate our single use plastic throwaway culture yesterday! www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

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ATS Blue Journal @atsblueeditor.bsky.social · Mar 17

Diaphragm Pacing in Early Critical Illness? A Plea for a Super-Relaxed Approach

Electrical pacing of the diaphragm is an attractive intervention to prevent diaphragm weakness. But what does physiology tell us? Relax!
@atscommunity.bsky.social #medsky

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Charlotte Bolton @profbolton.bsky.social · Mar 13

We are recruiting!!

Are you pursuing a respiratory clinical academic career?

Looking for NIHR clinical lecturer post?

A post in resp medicine with focus on multiple long-term conditions. jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
#Respsky #Academicsky #lungsky #medsky
@uniofnottingham.bsky.social

Job Vacancy at the University of Nottingham: Clinical Assistant Professor (NIHR Clinical Lecturer) (Fixed term)

Applications are invited from medically-qualified doctors who seek integrated academic and clinical training for a clinical academic career. One post is available in competition between applications f...

jobs.nottingham.ac.uk

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The Health Foundation @healthfoundation.bsky.social · Mar 11

Our new report with @runnymedetrust.bsky.social reveals stark inequalities in access to the building blocks of good health by ethnicity, and identifies ways in which structural racism operates across our labour market, housing systems and the lived environment.

Read it here 👇

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How racism affects health

Our report with the Runnymede Trust highlights large and unacceptable variations in how the building blocks of health are experienced by ethnicity.

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Lane Fox Respiratory @lanefoxrespiratory.bsky.social · Mar 8

Follow us to keep up to date with activities of the Lane Fox Respiratory Service & Clinical Respiratory Physiology Research Centre, and updates in all things mechanical ventilation 🫁🌬️

#ventilation #respiratoryfailure #physiology @gstt-nhs.bsky.social

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Lane Fox Respiratory @lanefoxrespiratory.bsky.social · Mar 8

The Lane Fox Respiratory Multidisciplinary Team have had a wonderful time in Lyon attending JIVD 🫁

So many excellent sessions and a lot of food for thought

#RespIsBest #DreamTeam

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Lane Fox Respiratory @lanefoxrespiratory.bsky.social · Mar 8

Saxon and Adam, resident doctors, delivering their oral presentation on NIV adherence in patients setup as an inpatient or outpatient at Lane Fox, or at a remote hospital following emergency hospitalisation

#JIVD2025 #JIVD

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Lane Fox Respiratory @lanefoxrespiratory.bsky.social · Mar 8

Dr Michelle Ramsay, consultant respiratory physician, giving insights into novel methods of monitoring patients using home ventilation. Examples of ventilator data, asynchrony and surface EMG

#JIVD2025 #JIVDERCA #JIVD

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