Kathryn Jordan

PhD studentship with Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research & Swansea University
MSc BA (Hons)
Teacher, Runner, Irish Dancer, Skier
Severe eosinophilic asthma

[Kathryn Jordan @KatAnnJordan]

@samtwick Absolutely! I am home after having spent most of the last 6 weeks in hospital in ICU. I am "better"...what I am still on oxygen, still on nebulisers, still cannot sleep more than 2 hours at a time and still on handfuls of medications and a biologic. Asthme needs more awareness!

[Kathryn Jordan @KatAnnJordan]

So, I'm "better"?
No, my "fit for discharge" instead means I can monitor my own oxygen concentrations at home without the risk of serious hypoxia, that means my veins which gave up, have a chance to heal, and it means I can sleep in my own bed. But it doesn't mean I'm "better".

[Kathryn Jordan @KatAnnJordan]

Home after a traumatic 2 months bouncing in & out of Intenisive Care.
No one talks of the mental toll it takes to continue inject a drug that very likely isn't working.
Nor do we address the mental toll - I didn't choose a life of injections, pills & meds, I just have no choice

[Kathryn Jordan @KatAnnJordan]

@AlsulamiHanadi Thank you! Xx

[Kathryn Jordan @KatAnnJordan]

Christmas movie marathon in HDU. Wasn't the plan...but we can make it work! Thank you for all the good wishes, still hopeful I will escape by Christmas Day 🎄

[Kathryn Jordan @KatAnnJordan]

As a lifeguard at 19 years old. I can still vividly picture the man, his goggles and the result of near drowning

[Sam Ghali, M.D. @EM_RESUS]

Hi, ER Doc here.

RT if you’ve ever done CPR on someone and they survived.

Trying to prove something.

[Kathryn Jordan @KatAnnJordan]

A more personal tweet, but I am beyond proud of my little sister who gave birth to the most beautiful baby girl on 15th October. Welcome to the world, Lily-Ann Amy. You are so loved already!

[Sarah Diver @sarah_diver]

1 in 5 patients with severe asthma in UK achieve clinical remission on biologic therapies - less likely to be achieved if T2 low, comorbidities and longer duration of disease, analysis by a great ECR in the field @McdowellJa53805 https://t.co/nhkOJjXXhJ

[Ruth Brady @RuthBradyPA]

The second study of my PhD is now online. We investigated day-to-day variability of physical activity. Using group-level estimates only conceals considerable day-to-day variation in aceleration and PA for adults
https://t.co/f14BASnvl0
@CRExPAH_UQ @GregoreMielke @ProfWendyBrown

[Kathryn Jordan @KatAnnJordan]

@LouiseSophs Just hope i dont lose the improvements ive made on benra! Disadvantage of qualifying for literally all of them...

[Kathryn Jordan @KatAnnJordan]

First Tez injection...here we go. Please be the correct decision to switch and body, please, no dramatics! Could really do without anaphylaxis this morning if at all possible...things to do, people to see and all that!

[Kathryn Jordan @KatAnnJordan]

This blows my mind! When I have been intubated I haven't been able to even work out how to hold a pen properly but have lost so much muscle and function in the recovery. This would be incredible, if only to escape the always-on bright lights of ICU and endless beeps

[Paul Wischmeyer MD @Paul_Wischmeyer]

🙋‍♂️ Must see!- Intubated ICU patients using VR platform technology to exercise in bed & escape for a brief vacation!

👉 Still critical to walk & mobilize intubated patients as well!

What do you think?
#FOAMcc #ICURehab #RehabLegend #MedEd
H/T Darlan Nitz & @OGdukeneurosurg

[The BMJ @bmj_latest]

Lung conditions are the third biggest killer in the UK, yet The BMJ finds there's a postcode lottery for access to diagnostic services.

The poorest areas with the highest burden are the worst affected.

Use our interactive map for details #BMJInfographic
https://t.co/xL29A9SIz7

[Kathryn Jordan @KatAnnJordan]

@LaurenSherar1 @natalie_velati @LboroSSEHS Hopefully....I don't plan on disappearing from the children's research world & with any luck I will continue to learn, improve & maybe even get to lecture one day! But best not try & run before I can walk though, & work out if I have a bi-directional relationship first! 😜

[Niall Elliott 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @dundeesportsmed]

Personalised prescriptions for exercise, active hospitals, promoting physical activity as medicine....The Hamburg Declaration

https://t.co/TeGngPrvhO

In our interest as healthcare professionals to embrace this more

@movingmedicine @FSEM_UK @basem_uk @sportscotland @TeamGB

[Denver Brown @TheDenverBrown]

Are 24‐hour movement recommendations associated with obesity‐related indicators in the young population? A meta‐analysis https://t.co/pjLPtRyLX0

[Kathryn Jordan @KatAnnJordan]

I waited 15 years to see Next to Normal in a UK theatre tonight. It still remains one of, if not, my favourite musical. Such an increibly powerful piece of theatre. It deserves to run on the west end.

Probably could have given my father a head's up on the story, mind...

[All That Dazzles @ATDazzles]

After seeing the first preview of Next to Normal last night I think it's officially time to start the campaign for the West End transfer it deserves... preferably an open-ended one.

[Kathryn Jordan @KatAnnJordan]

This scares me. I have had many wonderful consultants. I have also had one who decided I wasn't wheezing & therefore was not asthmatic & believed I was having a panic attack. The result of delaying SABA medication resulted in a HDU admission & transfer to a London hospital.

[Rob Galloway @DrRobgalloway]

Just over 2 years ago, Martha Mills died in hospital of sepsis. Her tragic death was avoidable and is leading to the introduction of Martha’s law - a right for families to get second opinions.

She died because of a hospital culture – where questioning and challenge were not routine and speaking up was difficult. The law may be changing but its our culture which needs to change.

Everyone of us who works in hospitals, has to ask ourselves, what more can I do to help change the way we work so that others don’t die for the same reason Martha died. We owe it to her. She deserves nothing less.

In this week’s Mail’s health section, I look at why Martha died and how future deaths could be avoided.

[Kathryn Jordan @KatAnnJordan]

I do not have COPD, but it infuriates me that prednisolone is a first-line treatment for asthma exacerbations, with no account for inflammatory markers or often even full assessment. This drug has caused me SO MUCH damage, including conditions I can never reverse.

[ERS publications @ERSpublications]

Prednisolone given universally for COPD exacerbations causes harm without any benefit. Patients deserve blood eosinophil-guided prednisolone treatment for COPD exacerbations. https://t.co/7Q5W4r2uFo