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Mashup Score: 0Adaptive servo-ventilation improves disease-specific life quality in central sleep apnea - 10 month(s) ago
WASHINGTON — Adults with central sleep apnea on adaptive servo-ventilation for 12 months had improved disease-specific quality of life, according to an abstract presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.“Improvement of disease-specific quality of life is one major component of the indication for the therapy of adaptive servo-ventilation,” Michael Arzt,
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Mashup Score: 0Understanding, challenging racism in pulmonary function testing - 10 month(s) ago
WASHINGTON — By using race specific equations when interpreting pulmonary function tests, racism and bias come to the surface, according to a presentation at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.According to Aaron D. Baugh, MD, assistant professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, in an attempt to simplify spirometry data early on, researchers
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At #ATS2023: When interpreting #lung function, clinicians need to remember that a patient’s reported race includes social factors in addition to genetics. @atscommunity https://t.co/yDuJChE8EH
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Mashup Score: 0Understanding how health care providers can prompt vaccine uptake - 10 month(s) ago
WASHINGTON — There are different ways to promote vaccination, and provider-patient communication is a major component to addressing vaccine hesitancy, according to a presentation at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.“[There are] several levers for increasing vaccination, which can really map to different levels in the health care ecosystem, with vaccine
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ICYMI: Vaccine hesitancy can be addressed with physician recommendations that are tailored to a patient’s individual level of hesitancy, according to a presentation at #ATS2023. https://t.co/M3ENpB1l8d
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WASHINGTON — Veterans taking esketamine for PTSD had less improvement in symptoms when they had high obstructive sleep apnea severity at baseline, according to an abstract presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.“Our findings suggest that untreated obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) may interfere with effective esketamine treatment on PTSD symptoms,”
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#ATS2023: When factoring in a patient’s baseline apnea-hypopnea index score, those with scores that indicated greater #OSA severity demonstrated fewer changes in #PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 scores over the increasing number of #esketamine doses. https://t.co/uRynOYWmky
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This Medical News article is an interview with Debra Boyer, MD, MHPE, chair of the 2023 American Thoracic Society Conference.
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Catch up on highlights from the American Thoracic Society conference. JAMA spoke with Debra Boyer, MD, a pediatric pulmonologist and cochair of #ATS2023. https://t.co/4kAXCLn4vo #MedicalNews
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Mashup Score: 1Dupilumab decreases exacerbation rate, improves lung function in COPD type 2 inflammation - 10 month(s) ago
WASHINGTON — At 52 weeks, adults with moderate/severe COPD and type 2 inflammation receiving dupilumab had a lower exacerbation rate and better lung function, according to an American Thoracic Society International Conference presentation.“Dupilumab reduced the annualized rate of exacerbations, moderate and severe, by 30%, compared to placebo, and also was associated with a
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Presented at #ATS2023: At 52 weeks, adults with moderate/severe #COPD and type 2 inflammation receiving #dupilumab had a lower #exacerbation rate and better #lung function. https://t.co/sOJngjiAgt
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Mashup Score: 0Plant-centered diet consumption linked to less lung function decline - 10 month(s) ago
WASHINGTON — Annual lung function decline rates were lower in individuals who had high adherence to a plant-centered diet, according to an abstract presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.“This study adds to the body of evidence showing the healthful effects of pragmatic, plant-centered diet even in persons without disease,” Robert Wharton, MD,
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Presented at #ATS2023: Annual #lung function decline rates were lower in individuals who had high adherence to a plant-centered #diet. @atscommunity https://t.co/I9BdRN2tNL
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Mashup Score: 0A clinician’s how-to guide for sending a child on ventilation to school - 10 month(s) ago
WASHINGTON — From equipment to transportation to nursing orders, clinicians must consider various factors before a ventilated child can go to school, according to a presentation at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.“It is absolutely possible to send your medically complex children on ventilators to school,” Reshma Amin, MD, MSc, pediatric respirologist and
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ICYMI: Clinicians and parents of children on #ventilation must think about equipment, transportation and one-on-one care when sending them to #school, according to a presentation at #ATS2023. @DrReshmaAmin https://t.co/CIngLhKnNr
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WASHINGTON — Three months after a COVID-19 infection, women with post-acute COVID-19 syndrome had worse airway measurements on CT scans than men, according to an abstract presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.“Our findings offer insight into why females are more likely to experience persistent symptoms and poor quality of life attributed to
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ICYMI: Worse measures of airway structure were found in women vs. men 3 months after a #COVID19 infection, according to an abstract presented at #ATS2023. https://t.co/YtoVRK4M9f
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Mashup Score: 2Intervention to Promote Communication About Goals of Care for Hospitalized Patients With Serious Illness - 10 month(s) ago
This randomized clinical trial compares the effect of a communication-priming intervention vs usual care on patient-physician discussions on goals of care for hospitalized older patients with serious illness.
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Study suggests that clinician-facing prompting interventions promote goals-of-care discussions, particularly among racially and ethnically minoritized patients. #ATS2023 https://t.co/kKl7JeCpAz
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Presented at #ATS2023: Adults with central sleep apnea on adaptive servo-ventilation for 12 months had improved disease-specific quality of life. https://t.co/nwQMtSPoWa