A recent study looks at the misdiagnosis of COPD in primary care. Do you have experience with COPD misdiagnosis? What roll on affect does this have for secondary care respiratory professionals? buff.ly/3uTlXtf #RespiratoryPC

Just finished my last ever shift as the Medical SpR after nearly 10 years and can finally retire this scrub top !

Smoking is a horrible plague that ruins the lives of the least fortunate in society and should be banned. #bansmoking

Impact of medical training on your hairline.. from FY1 to Consultant 😂

Providing simple spirometry should not be this difficult.

If only this Jedi mind trick could be used on the tobacco industry!

You know there is something wrong with the NHS when their go to option is to force highly qualified people to work for them much like a prison sentence rather than ask why they are choosing not to stay and try fixing working conditions.. telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/05/1…

Delighted to share our ERS Statement on the Management of Benign Pleural Effusions 👇 Typically an understudied group, sat at the crossroads of multiple different specialities and much variation in practice. Hope helpful! erj.ersjournals.com/content/early/… #Pleural ERS publications

So chuffed to find out our abstracts got accepted to British Thoracic Society (BTS) Winter Conference-made my week! The 1st looking at diagnoses of COPD in TLHC cohort & the 2nd the prevalence of CPA in pts w NTM disease 🫁#respisbest Ketan Patel Akanksha Mimi Malhotra Barts Thorax Centre Bart’s Health TB

Nice to have first paper published today! If your interested in air pollution and it's impact on respiratory physiology, give it a read! Big thanks to Dr Karl Sylvester Max Thomas Oliver Price Ben Grifffiths for pushing me to get this done. dx.doi.org/10.14814/phy2.…

🌼 Let’s embrace the journey of holistic health this Janmashtmi. Just as Lord Krishna reached for the matka of butter, let's strive for the best in our health, from sleep to longevity. Wishing you strength, happiness and a healthy life. 🙌💚 #Janmashtami #GOQii

Very pleased to see The Global State of COPD report released today: POLITICOEurope politico.eu/sponsored-cont… We are making progress tackling this common, neglected and challenging condition - but there is so much more to do. I will always #SpeakUpforCOPD. Will you #ERS2024 ?

Discordant COPD (FEV1/FVC <0.7, >LLN) is a clinically relevant phenomenon that represents an early COPD state, rather than being overdiagnosis of COPD, as demonstrated by CT analysis, serum biomarker levels, activity monitoring and quality of life scores. bit.ly/3WG8wYT

Great session on asthma guidelines.. take home message.. more FeNO needs to be available in primary care for accurate diagnosis in adults and children #btswinter2024

Always important to check serial eosinophils in asthma ... And COPD #btswinter2024

ABRA kadabra 🪄.. possibly a new drug for COPD 🤞🏾

Don’t forget to try our validated inhaler competency test for HCPs link! Or scan QR code below proprofs.com/quiz-school/ug… Many thanks to those who helped with this work Ketan Patel Toby Capstick Laura Graham 💙 (She/Her) Paul Pfeffer Marc Rodriguera JenniferPegg Anika Dewshi

Are you an adult with asthma or COPD? Or do you use inhalers? Applied Health Sciences is studying how to make inhalers more sustainable by looking at aspects of the inhaler design. Please participate in our survey via app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/bham/inhaler… Thankyou! 🙏🏻

Great project by ARCARE BH and Barts Health to help the people most at risk during winter in Tower Hamlets Apsana Begum MP Rushanara Ali MP 💙

Prescriber Attitudes Towards Prescribing 'Green' Inhalers in Secondary Care cureus.com/articles/38119… Well done to Aazaz Rehman and the whole team for completing this work! Interesting insights into sustainable prescribing in secondary care!