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RESPIRATORY
ISSN 2054-3166 Vol 4.1 • October 2016 • emjreviews.com
INSIDE
Review of
ERS 2016
London, UK
CONTENTS
EDITORIAL BOARD...................................................................................................................................... 4
CONGRESS REVIEW.................................................................................................................................... 10
• Review of the Annual Meeting of the European Respiratory Society (ERS) International
Congress, held in London, UK, 3rd–7th September 2016
INTERVIEWS WITH EMJ RESPIRATORY EDITORIAL BOARD............................................................ 27
SYMPOSIUM REVIEWS
• MODIFYING ALPHA-1 ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY-RELATED EMPHYSEMA:
FROM EVIDENCE TO PRACTICE................................
RESPIRATORY ISSN 2054-3166
CONTENTS EDITORIAL BOARD.......................
RESPIRATORY • A CONFOUNDING CASE: PNEUMOCOCCA
Editorial Board Editor-in-Chief: Dr Antonio Ros
Respiratory Dr Ravi Kalhan, Associate Profess
RESPIRATORY 4.1 OCTOBER 2016 Director Spencer G
Welcome Welcome to EMJ Respiratory 4.1. As eve
gehealthcare.com Solutions to he
Foreword
10 RESPIRATORY • October 2016
RESPIRATORY • October 2016
12 RESPIRATORY • October 2016
Congress Highlights Diagnosis of Lon
An attractive quality of artificial intelligence i
4,100 abstracts submitted Smaller Fetal Size Incr
Early life exposure to antibiotics is related to
The author of the study, Dr Priya Daniel,
Possible Link Between Menopause and Decreased Lun
Vitamin D Can Significantly Reduce Asthma Attacks
The first of the studies looked at childhood expos
Reducing Anxiety and Depression in Patients with
We hope that our findings can aid clinicians ident
Results showed an acute dip in dietary intake (15
Exposure to traffic should be taken into account
Various data were collected from patients, i
In asthma and COPD
Enrico Clini Associate Professor of Respiratory
Q: Do you expect an increased adoption of
of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) and long-ac
collaborative relationship, ideally in both acade
becoming a handicap not being able to handle sick
than treatment escalated. However, it is al
A: What I would like to see and believe we are on
α1 ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY (AATD) THERAPIES. THEY
MODIFYING ALPHA-1 ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY- R
disease-modifying effect. Prof Koczulla closed th
As the causative process has been identified
Placebo Resp
A B Annually Medical history
crucial to measure baseline severity of dis
delays in treatment initiation, and that a
13. McElvaney NG et al. Increased propo
DEVICE MATTERS: LOOKING BEYOND THE DRUG This sate
The meeting objectives were to look beyond drugs
By tailoring treatment according to this phenotyp
12 months.18,19 Therefore, while there is a need
Spiromax® 100 100 80 90th percentile
Table 1: Opportunities to demonstrate proper inha
Although both HCPs and patients can be taught the
with fixed-combination budesonide/ formotero
WHY, WHEN, AND HOW? OPTIMISING THE MANAGEMENT OF
A New Era for Patients with Uncontrolled Severe A
cells (ILC-2) produce IL-4, IL-5, and IL-13 at hi
In Prof Buhl’s opinion, typical patients with sev
some associations and treatments have not been ev
-0.1 placebo, p=0.012) compared with those with n
2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Annual exacerbation rate*
Footnotes Benralizumab was not approved at the ti
to-high-dose inhaled corticosteroids plus a long-
Abstract Reviews DOES ANAESTHESIA TYPE INFLUENCE
ERS 2016 of obtaining a good smear, and as
Abstract Reviews hospitalised patients to unders
ERS 2016 chromogens. The percentage of immun
Abstract Reviews METHOD Data from the Southam
ERS 2016 SUMMARY OF GLOBAL LUNG FUNCTION
Abstract Reviews includes children that never
ERS 2016 (40 ppm) at the time of diagnosis
Abstract Reviews to sulphur hexafluoride (SF )
ERS 2016 RESULTS Among our patients, 65% had rec
Abstract Reviews (%) FEV 1 Change in 25 20 15 10
ERS 2016 NURSES’ KNOWLEDGE AND ABIL
EDITOR’S PICK My c
Keywords: Respiratory symptoms, farming, lung fun
use of mechanised equipment, irrigation, and
Classification of smoking status was determined ac
Table 3: Risk of developing asthma and chronic ob
European Association of Schools of Occupational M
lung function impairment, and chronic obstructive
The prevalence of COPD in the present study is no
Health Survey (ECRHS). Eur Respir J. 1996;9(
A CONFOUNDING CASE: PNEUMOCOCCAL PNEUMONIA
per minute with use of accessory muscles, and oxy
Figure 2: Chest radiograph showing resolution of
This is a novel case, in which the patient had an
SMOKING CESSATION WITH LUNG CANCER: NOT TO
suppressing the body’s defenses.14 TS affects the
of diarrhoea and skin toxicity, compared wi
Benefit of Smoking Cessation in all Patients with
is working with those who have been diagnosed i
status on survival following radiation therap
THORACIC SURGERY AND TRANSPLANTATION
(‘fast-track’) after thoracic surgery and anaesth
MOBILE TECHNOLOGY AND THORACIC SURGERY The use
port, and robotic-assisted), and after train
32. Sugarbaker DJ et al. Hyperthermic intraoperat
BreathCaring Simplicity. prisma VENT. brilliant
THERAPEUTIC EFFECT OF WHOLE LUNG LAVAGE
poor disease resistance and can ultimately lose t
• Heart, liver, kidney function, and relevant t
This study adopted a high-frequency jet ventilati
dyspnoea in 502 patients. The improvement rate of
lung lavage was strictly selected. The anaesthesi
NON-INTUBATED VIDEO-ASSISTED THORACIC SURGER
procedures such as carinal resection, bronch
base’. The other two ports were placed at the ‘fir
Table 1: Awake Thoracic Surgery Research Group at
A B C D E F Figure 1: Surgical steps in non-r
RESECTION OF NODULES In 2004 Dr Mineo began
When compared with conventional surgery, both lym
Footnotes More recently, data from the Official A
40. Pompeo E et al. The role of awake video-assis
RespiCare®, the first therapy chair to improve th
CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
such as carotid intima media thickness, endotheli
AIx measures the augmentation of BP during the sy
deposition. Arterial stiffness is also increased
albumin-derived AGEs. Kemeny et al.49 simila
primarily a marker of vascular elastin degradatio
systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Dis
albumin-derived advanced glycosylation end produ
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