Ready to knock out a half day of writing!! There is a silver lining to a foot injury that requires me to be off my foot for the rest of the week!!#RxWritingChallenge
🌟Taking a Breather: Our annual Pulmonary PRN newsletter is here! Dive into key PRN activities you won’t want to miss at the upcoming 2024 ACCP Annual Meeting. Read all about it: https://t.co/OBFeJ4p5iL
@ACCP
Middle-aged adults who have smoked less than the current ‘critical threshold’ of 10-pack-years still have increased risk for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), severe exacerbations, and early death. https://t.co/jPoy4h1uyH #ERSCongress
Rituximab and mycophenolate mofetil in interstitial lung disease (EVER-#ILD): one-year follow up results of a randomized controlled trial
Addition of rituximab to MMF prolonged PFS.
#NSIP#IPAF
Ahead of #ERScongress
https://t.co/tkZXsatHaj
It takes >3-4 weeks of steroids (@ any dose >5 mg pred/d) to pose risk of adrenal insufficiency – Hence, Endocrine Society Guideline says short-term glucocorticoid therapy of <3-4 wks, irrespective of dose, DOES NOT require GC tapering https://t.co/o7tz1Am9pe
To commemorate Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Month, we will be sharing brilliant Pulmonary Fibrosis research from Thorax over the last year #CurePF
This paper highlights the innovative REMAP-ILD concept for drug development in fibrotic ILDs @leticiakawano@IPFdoc
https://t.co/DLeavwNj8Q
Does bronchoalveolar lavage correlate well with radiologic features in ILD? In this real-world study from the @CARE_PF registry, nope! 🧵
https://t.co/tSUCPafXLx
Is airway IL-1β a new biomarker or therapeutic target for #bronchiectasis, characterized by neutrophilia? Answer in @ERSpublications (hint: yes) https://t.co/ykRV5ogA4g
A simple question in severe #asthma: once a patient's asthma is controlled on an anti-IL-5 biologic, do they have to be on this med forever or can they be "weaned off"? If latter, what is the protocol? The answers are found in OPTIMAL @ERSpublications
https://t.co/9zPfYYT2lo
🚨 Excited to share our new review article! 🚨 @lilmisscurls and I took a dive into the treatment of Systemic Sclerosis and discussed the role of pharmacists — it was a labor of love! Check it out here: https://t.co/ALP87sKAP4
Wasn't expecting to leak like this. The impact we can have could literally alter someone's life. Next time you're giving feedback to a trainee, consider that.
ERJ: This systematic review and meta-analysis found that adults with asthma have an elevated risk of herpes zoster (HZ, shingles), increasing in older age groups and with certain asthma treatments. HZ vaccination may help to reduce this burden. https://t.co/sfWaiXHcRx