Respiratory GURU: Genuinely Useful Respiratory Updates

Aug 27 2024 17 ep. 43 mins 20
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A monthly podcast summarising the latest clinically relevant research updates in respiratory. CPD just got a whole lot easier and enjoyable. 

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Respiratory GURU Series 2, Episode 5: ERJ ABPA Clinical Practice Guidelines-Treatment

Aug 27 2024 36 mins  
In this next episode, we return to talk to Chris about ABPA treatment, including recommendations for monitoring and treatment dependant patients. Hope this helpful, as we certainly learnt a lot! Support the show

Respiratory GURU Series 2, Episode 4: ERJ ABPA clinical practice guidelines: Diagnosis

Aug 27 2024 33 mins  
This podcast we discuss ABPA diagnosis including the investigations and their parameters which have recently changed. Listen when Mike and I discuss the guidelines with one of the paper's authors and get to grips with ABPA diagnosis even if those cases that are a little trickier. Support the show

Respiratory GURU Series 2, episode 3: CTD ILD

Jan 31 2024 49 mins  
Welcome back to the next instalment of respiratory GURU, this time we delve into two RCTs investigating rescue therapy for patients with CTD ILD. The EVER ILD study looks at MMF vs MMF plus rituximab, and the RECITAL study looks at rituximab vs cyclophosphamide. 2 very useful studies and I was thrilled to be joined by two national experts in the field, Dr Anjali Crawshaw and Dr Emm

Respiratory GURU Series 2: Episode 2 - Occupational Lung Disease

Sep 05 2023 66 mins  
A vibrant discussion with our two regional leads for occupational lung disease and a specialised solicitor dealing with OLD claims into how to drill down into the details of an occupational lung disease, how to refer, how to write your clinical letters and how to direct patients towards compensation if it's right for them. Support the show

Respiratory GURU Series 2: Episode 1 - COPD

Aug 05 2023 63 mins  
A perfect introduction to series 2, a COPD podcast with Professor Turner and Dr LJ Smith where we jump into MART for COPD, the new P2X3 receptor agonist Filapixant, antihyperglycaemic drugs preventing COPD exacerbations and much more. Happy listening! Studies discussed: Association of the Use of Novel Antihyperglycemic Drugs With Prevention of COPD Exacerbations Among Patients With

Respiratory GURU Episode 12: Complex breathlessness

Nov 02 2022 50 mins  
This fascinating episode delivers pragmatic advice and recommendations for how to identify and manage patients with inducible laryngeal obstruction (ILO)-the new phrase for vocal cord dysfunction, GORD and breathing pattern disorders-the new phrase for dysfunctional breathing. This will make so much difference to how you do your consults with your breathless patients who have one o

Respiratory GURU Episode 11: Aspergillosis Part 2 (CPA and invasive aspergillosis)

Oct 06 2022 40 mins  
Next instalment of the aspergillosis podcast, where we move on to talk about chronic pulmonary aspergillosis and invasive aspergillosis. Hope you've had time to digest part 1, part 2 is filled with useful content about diagnostics again, including the utility or lack of as it might be of galactomannans and Beta D Glucans in aspergillosis. Thank you again to Dr Chris Kosmidis. Suppo

Respiratory GURU Episode 10: Aspergillosis Part 1 (ABPA)

Oct 05 2022 29 mins  
An interview with Dr Chris Kosmidis, Clinical Senior Lecturer at Wythenshawe Hospital and Aspergillosis centre about aspergillosis. Divided into two parts, the first part of our discussion covers ABPA for the generalist, and is a goldmine of information for diagnosing, treating and monitoring response in these patients. I now feel comfortable interpreting the serology, prescribing

Respiratory GURU Episode 9: Interstitial Lung Disease

Jul 25 2022 46 mins  
This month's episode dives into progressive fibrosing ILD, previously a disadvantaged set of patients who have a progressive ILD but as they weren't specifically UIP they were not entitled to antifibrotic treatment. So thank goodness for the INBUILD trial back in 2020 and it's extension and NICE technological appraisal for injecting pragmastism not only in to the types of patients

Respiratory GURU Episode 8: Pleural disease

May 26 2022 57 mins  
Finally it's here, the pleural podcast! Ever wondered why you can't get a straight answer about suction, talc and fibrinolytics? That's because the evidence until recently has been poor and we're still using guidelines written 12 years ago. But with the assistance of two excellent pleural specialists we pull apart the latest studies to discuss all your usual pleural conundrums to h