Alexandra Hough

Politics geek, respiratory physio, author of 'Hough's Cardiorespiratory Care', gardener, dog-lover and Greenie.

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For our patients with asthma - chlorine-based disinfectants in swimming pools - Pulmonary function in swimmers exposed to disinfection by-products: a narrative review - PMC

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Physio or SLT? - https://t.co/iBR7tzYVX5 - it’s both!

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Weird or what? Why are ‘imposter participants’ taking part in research? Boredom, curiosity, an ideological intent to disrupt investigations? https://t.co/21blPVGZcI

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Incentive spirometry for fun? Make a game of it!
Gamification of Incentive Spirometry in Trauma Patients: Protocol for a Prospective, Observational Feasibility Study - PMC

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The saintly Waitrose in trouble again. First I’m banned after I complained to police about being assaulted by a staff member (my tweet of 8.10.24), now a young autistic man has been banned - Autistic volunteer axed by Waitrose offered job at rival supermarket | LBC

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Antarctica is now the only place on earth without mosquitoes.

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For your intensivists - Hay et al 2025 Systematic review and meta-analysis of prevalence and population-level factors contributing to posttraumatic stress disorder in pediatric intensive care survivors. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 26(4):e531-e543. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000003696

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Keep this if you work with anyone who subjects children to needles without Emla cream - Local analgesia for the relief of pain in children undergoing venipuncture and intravenous cannulation: a systematic review and network meta-analysis - PMC

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Now it’s official: men need more analgesia than women - Efficacy of morphine versus fentanyl patient-controlled analgesia for postoperative pain management in colorectal surgery - PMC

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People with COPD are at increased risk for chronic pain and higher pain intensity, second only to those with arthritis - Reporting of pain by people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): comparative results from the HUNT3 population-based survey - PMC

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Every botched cosmetic operation done abroad subsequently costs the NHS on average £15,000.

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Outcomes at private hospitals are associated with greater morbidity and nonhome discharge - Association of hospital for-profit status with clinical and financial outcomes following emergency general surgery - PMC

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Constituencies electing Reform MPs have the highest average prevalence of asthma and COPD compared to Labour areas:
What is the relationship between population health and voting patterns: an ecological study in England | BMJ Open Respiratory Research

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Making our job easier - Amer et al 2025 Analgesia first in critically ill adults. Crit Care Clin. 41(4):683-705. doi: 10.1016/j.ccc.2025.05.002 - includes pain monitoring, nonpharmacologic and multimodal analgesia

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For ILD patients, in-hospital PR yields greater benefits than on-line PR - Pehlivan et al 2025 The impact of different pulmonary rehabilitation approaches on fibrotic interstitial lung disease. Expert Rev Respir Med. 19(9):1027-35. doi: 10.1080/17476348.2025.2513512

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Traffic lights on some Copenhagen roads are synchronised so that rush-hour cyclists catch green all the way

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Are your abdominal surgery patients remembering to clean their teeth? If not, postop infection is more likely:
Ikuno T et al 2025 Effect of oral frailty on postoperative infection in patients undergoing abdominal visceral surgery. Oral Dis. 31(2):633-9. doi: 10.1111/odi.15162

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Harnessing the power of nature in surgery: A systematic scoping review of nature prescribing and measures of benefit - Surgery

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Why are Union and St George’s flags flown at half mast?

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If your patient with head and neck cancer is having radiotherapy, try RMT - Respiratory muscle training reduces painful swallowing and opioid use during radiation therapy for head and neck cancer: a matched pair analysis | BMC Cancer | Full Text