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We need to rethink the way we celebrate with fireworks - Air pollution affects our children and their lungs the most.

Asthma in children and teenagers can be a very worrying condition. Many people are concerned that they / their child have #severeasthma. In a series of tweets I’m going to describe what severe asthma looks like. 1/8

Had a wonderful opportunity to present this Peds Bioethics

9 million deaths attributed to #pollution in 2019—the same as in 2015 and equivalent to 1 in 6 deaths worldwide. An update to the Lancet #PollutionCommission underscores the costs of inaction. hubs.li/Q01bzW6Z0

Flying the flag for Southampton Children's Hospital at European Cystic Fibrosis Society with their posters #ECFS2022 Supriya Gary Connett Amanda Dr Legg and Dr Duncan

Before stepping up treatment,confirm symptoms are due to asthma,identify and address modifiable risk factors (including incorrect inhaler technique,poor medication adherence, environmental exposures, and multimorbidity),and provide patient education. ginasthma.org

The greenest inhaler is the one which the patient can and will use’ - practical tips on inhaler sustainability in children and young people. Great work by Clare Onyon WAHT_PARC dontforgetthebubbles.com/inhalers-and-s… Team DFTB BWC NHS Trust NPRANG

#ECFS2023 2 of the posters from our fabulous paeds CF team. Gary Connett

Couldn't go to the ECFS conference at Vienna and for sure missed a chance to hang out with my amazing team.(Schengen Visa issues) However, fully happy and excited to be a part of this study🙂 okay not fully happy right now, wanted to be in Vienna too:( #ECFS2023

A positive step towards addressing bronchodilator dependency and the overuse of salbutamol.

Role of overnight oximetry in assessing the severity of obstructive sleep apnoea in typically developing children May in useful - High specificity but variable sensitivity Multicentre retrospective cohort study 🇬🇧 Catherine hill Supriya adc.bmj.com/content/early/…

Nocturnal pulse oximetry (NPO) may be an alternative to diagnose moderate-severe OSA if access to cardiorespiratory polygraphy (CRP) is limited. Low sensitivities to detect mild OSA mean that confirmatory CRP is needed if NPO is normal.

Happy to be a part of the multidisciplinary team taking care of children with Cystic Fibrosis, with our first monthly clinic which happened this month.

Raising awareness about rare disease is crucial for early diagnosis, improved treatment access, research funding, policy changes. Organization for Rare Disease India (ORDI) had an awareness run which happened today morning. ORDIndia

Early morning class on the importance of sleep. It felt amazing to interact with the kids and to practice some preventative medicine with this wellness initiative, to happen monthly at various schools, of which sleep is and should be a big part. #itsallaboutsleep

Had a great time conducting a workshop on Non Invasive Ventilation at Respicon in Pune with Dr Ilin Kinimi and Neha Rao.

Many congratulations to my mentor Dr Ilin Kinimi for being awarded the best oral presentation at the International Society of Pediatric Respiratory Diseases Congress (INSPiRED) at Portugal.

Extremely happy to have recieved a travel grant and to be able to present at the European Cystic Fibrosis Conference on the 6th and 7th of June at Glasgow, UK.

Today we concluded the first one-to-one hands-on Pediatric Polysomnography Training Programme at our Sleep Lab. Our first candidate was Dr Sindhuja - a US trained Pediatric Pulmonologist. We all had a great time immersed in the world of EEG waves and respiratory events.