Respiratory Decade versus Decade of Lung

Dear Friends,

I am wondering if you have seen the launch of the Decade of the Lung 2015-2026 on European Respiratory Congress on 28 September 2015…

It sounds like an imitation of what we are doing since 2010 (!), when we decided to create the Respiratory Decade 2011-2020 as a continuation of Year of the Lung, an extremely successful campaign launched by Professor N. Siafakas.

Probably the PR agency which is paid by The Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS) has run out of ideas and experiences a deep creativity crisis, otherwise I cannot understand how it is possible to use even the same words for the campaign promotion.

We must stress that the Respiratory Decade is a non-commercial initiative and our platform is followed and read by hundreds of people for almost 5 years.
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Happy New Year from Respiratory Decade!!

We wish you Happy New Year! 2012 was very important year for us: many things were realized, many plans were done, many new people joined our initiative! But now is time to make plans for the future for 2013!  

What we are planning: a lot of new materials and reports from international congresses, organizing of Respiratory days of Respiratory diseases and continuing promotion of Respiratory conditions at the Global level! We are open for new proposals from your! 

Thank you for your help,

without you our initiative is impossible!

and now we are inviting you to taste Happy New Year Cake:

Merry Christmas to all Respiratory friends!

Merry Christmas to all Respiratory friends!!!

Thank you for all your permanent help and support in this hard year! We realized very useful things for promotion of ALL Respiratory diseases! We are hoping that we will continue this work with your help and in 2013.

You can join our Respiratory multinational and multilateral initiative! We welcome to join our team via all our groups and pages!

Merry Christmas from Respiratory Decade team!

Sunday Respiratory Video: LUNG TRIO

We are continuing Sunday Respiratory Video posts.
A trio of lungs breathing. Created during a residency at Oboro in Montreal, it is a prototype for the project Breath I/O (Chorus of Lungs).


lung trio from Maria Lantin on Vimeo.
The breathing was recorded at Oboro and stretched/compressed to give each pair of lungs a different rhythm. The lung animations are stretched/compressed to match the breathing.

LUNGUAGE and ReSpublic: new Respiratory resources

Dear Respiratory friends, we are happy to launch LUNGUAGE and ReSpublic: two new Respiratory Resources. Here we will share all new information about all respiratory!

We are encouraging everybody to share with us all relevant respiratory resources, because LUNGUAGE and ReSpublic will be the First Free open sources of Respiratory information for Health care professionals, patients and all public interested in lung health! 


Our LUNGUAGE is Respiratory! 

LUNGUAGE and ReSpublic: new Respiratory resources

Dear Respiratory friends, we are happy to launch LUNGUAGE and ReSpublic: two new Respiratory Resources. Here we will share all new information about all respiratory!

We are encouraging everybody to share with us all relevant respiratory resources, because LUNGUAGE and ReSpublic will be the First Free open sources of Respiratory information for Health care professionals, patients and all public interested in lung health! 


Our LUNGUAGE is Respiratory! 

27 June is World Spirometry Day 2012

World Spirometry Day (WSD) 2012 will take place during the Olympic year. The campaign focuses on sport and the lungs, and resources are provided for all those organising testing events related to the Olympic theme. WSD 2012 will launch on June 27 but testing will not be limited to this day alone. Participants are encouraged to capitalise on the Olympics and hold events in the run up to the games on July 27 and beyond.

I share with you my presentation, which was dedicated to the Launch of World Spirometry Day 2012 in Moldova.

Join World Spirometry Day 2012 Globally! 

Respiratory Decade: World Spirometry Day 2012 by A. Corlateanu

View more presentations from Alexandru Corlateanu.

Respiratory Decade 2012: Willing is not enough; we must do

Todays post I would like to start with the words of the famous German poet  Johann von Goethe: 

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. 

Willing is not enough; we must do.

We are creating social media Respiratory platform: 

• with online tools which can facilitate conversations about Respiratory diseases;

• with connections between Respiratory friends, peers and influencers;

• with international collaborations;

• with a call for humanizing personas and audiences, and the stories that link them together;

• with compassion;

• with words, pictures, video, chatter, audio, and also experiences, observations, opinions, news, and insights.

We are inviting you for collaboration!
Thank you for you help and permanent support!

World Rare Disease Day 2012

On the last day of February, millions of people around the world will be observing World Rare Disease Day.  There will be activities across the U.S., throughout Europe, in Canada, in Australia, in China and elsewhere to focus attention on rare diseases as a public health issue.

In the U.S., a disease is considered rare if it affects fewer than 200,000 people.  Some rare diseases such as Lou Gehrig’s disease (ALS) are well known to the public.  However, many others are not, and you can imagine the loneliness of having a disease that most people have never heard of, that has no treatment, and that is not even being studied by any medical researchers.
Keenan Cahill became internet legend, he is a boy with Maroteaux–Lamy syndrome. We want to share one of his inspirational videos, which demonstrates to everybody that people with rare conditions are fantastic!

Fifth International Rare Disease Day has a very beautiful motto:

"Rare but Strong Together"

Master of Interventional Pneumology, Firenze, Italy, 2012

Dear Respiratory Doctors,

We are happy to invite you in 2012 at Firenze, Italy for Master Studies in Interventional Pneumology, which is organized by great friend of Respiratory Decade Professor Lorenzo CORBETTA.
Please find links with program of Master Studies!

Coordinatore: Prof. L. Corbetta
Professore Associato Università degli Studi di Firenze

Direttore SOD di Broncologia diagnostico-interventistica

AOU Careggi - Firenze

Dalla Broncologia alla Pneumologia Interventistica

In questi giorni si sta concludendo presso l’Università degli Studi di Firenze la seconda edizione del Master di II livello in Pneumologia Interventistica che ha visto la partecipazione di 15 Specialisti provenienti da tutto il territorio Nazionale. Mentre i partecipanti stanno concludendo i loro periodi di stage presso 10 diversi centri nazionali di Pneumologia Interventistica (Firenze, Roma, Bologna, Ancona, Mestre, Pietra Ligure, Forlì, Ravenna, Rimini, Pisa) e si preparano ad affrontare l’esame finale, dal 29 novembre 2011 verranno aperte le iscrizioni  alla  terza edizione del Master.

Il Master che avrà inizio il 30 gennaio 2012 e terminerà in dicembre prevede 10 Moduli di 2/3 giornate il lunedi’ e il martedi’ e/o mercoledì a cui seguirà un  periodo di 2/3 settimane di stage e ha l’obiettivo principale di fornire un valido aggiornamento nel settore della broncoscopia diagnostica e operativa, della toracoscopia e della gestione delle vie aeree artificiali e si avvale di metodologie didattiche tradizionali di tipo frontale o seminariale e di metodologie innovative che prevedono l’uso di manichini, simulatori, collegamenti in “real time” con le sale endoscopiche, sessioni di e-learning e videoconferenze. Tutto il materiale didattico verrà reso disponibile in tempo reale anche sotto forma di webseminar nel sito del master http://master.pneumologia-interventistica.it. dove è possibile anche trovare le informazioni relative al bando 2012.

L’insegnamento, affidato a docenti dell’ateneo fiorentino e dei principali centri italiani di Pneumologia Interventistica, è diretto principalmente a medici Specialisti in Malattie dell’Apparato Respiratorio e ad altri Specialisti che hanno interesse ad acquisire professionalità in questo settore. Il termine ultimo per la presentazione della domanda di iscrizione è previsto per il 20 Dicembre 2011.

Sulla base dell’esperienza acquisita abbiamo ritenuto utile suddividere il programma del II Master in 2 parti: la prima sarà dedicata all’insegnamento teorico-pratico delle procedure endoscopiche mentre la seconda parte sarà dedicata all’analisi dei processi e dei percorsi diagnostico-terapeutici che prevedono l’esecuzione delle procedure endoscopiche, fornendo le soluzioni più appropriate ai problemi che vengono posti al Pneumologo interventista anche con il contributo di altre specialità come Chirurgia Toracica, ORL, Radiologia, Anestesia e Rianimazione  e Oncologia.  Su richiesta dei partecipanti delle precedenti edizioni è stato incrementato nell'ultima edizione la parte riservata alle esercitazioni pratiche grazie alla disponibilità della ditta Storz che ha fornito manichini e broncoscopi flessibili e rigidi e che dalla prossima edizione fornirà anche il materiale per la simulazione della toracoscopia.

MEDIA

We try to create social media Respiratory platform:

• with online tools which can facilitate conversations about Respiratory diseases;
• with connections between Respiratory friends, peers and influencers;
• with international collaborations;
• with a call for humanizing personas and audiences, and the stories that link them together;
• with compassion;
• with words, pictures, video, chatter, audio, and also experiences, observations, opinions, news, and insights.

Breath with us on:

                   

It is a pleasure for our team to have you here signed up for our action on Respiratory Diseases!

The first thing that comes to your mind when you google ;)

by Mila Corlateanu 

WINNER OF U-BIOPRED ASTHMA ART CONTEST 2011

Dear Respiratory Friends, we wrote earlier about U-BIOPRED project and U-BIOPRED Asthma Art Contest 2011.

The art contest is part of a European-wide project called U-BIOPRED - Unbiased BIOmarkers in PREDiction of respiratory disease outcomes.

Marije Kootstra from The Netherlands won the competition and will be presented with her award at the European Respiratory Society  Amsterdam Congress Opening Ceremony on September 24, 2011. 

First 6 months of Respiratory Decade

As a creator and promoter of Respiratory Decade idea and strategy, today I am proud to write several words about these first 6 months of our activity!

This blog was started on 17 December 2010 as a continuation of beautiful idea of European Respiratory Society - Year of the Lung by Professors Nikos Siafakas and Leonardo Fabbri. We tried to continue promotion of respiratory education and increasing of awareness to the lung diseases.

Alexandru CORLATEANU on ERS 2010 Congress at Barcelona

Now I want to write about our realizations:

• 36 blog posts,
• more than 11900 visualizations, 
• visitors from more than 111 countries,
• many partners and friends.

Daily we are contacted by many interested persons in our idea - Respiratory Decade, and i am sure that with your help we will realize more!

Thank you very much for appreciation and for everyday help!

In this great summer day we are proud to remind you our key principles! 

Please join us: we are open for any type of collaboration!

Thank you very much for being with us all this time!

We will keep up with our great Respiratory job!!

Malaysian Interventional Pulmonary Course: 5-7 October 2011

Dear friends, we are happy to invite you for Malaysian Interventional Pulmonary Course which will be at 5-7 October 2011!

The Department of Respiratory Medicine, Queen Elizabeth   Hospital is hosting this course in collaboration with Arizona Pulmonary Specialist Group, USA. The goal of this course is to educate respiratory physicians and trainees on the principles and practice of interventional pulmonology. 

The course will focus on common pleural and tracheo-bronchial diseases.  

There will be 4 live video procedures on the second day.  

The third day will be devoted to workshop activities designed to provide participants in small groups with hands-on training. A local  faculty and an international faculty will combine their experience  and share their insight and skills with participants. 

Several manufacturers of pleuroscope, rigid bronchoscopes,  laser,  stents, EBUS and autofluorescence bronchoscope will be making their products available for evaluation and use during workshops. 

After completing this course, participants should have: 

• A working knowledge of fundamentals of interventional pulmonology, 

•  A basic understanding of indications and contraindications, 

•  Hands-on experience in rigid intubation, laser and stenting, 

•  A theoretical approach on the diagnostic techniques

Dr Richard Sue (USA) with Dr Jamalul Azizi (Malaysia)

For further details, contact: 
Dr Jamalul Azizi Abdul Rahaman 
Head of Respiratory Department, 
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, 
Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, 
Malaysia. 
Tel: +6088-517420 
Email: jab.respiratori@sbh.moh.gov.my

THE SOUTH AMERICAN CONGRESS OF ALLERGY AND ASTHMA 2011

The South American Congress of Allergy and Asthma held in the city of Cordoba, Argentina at 28-30 April 2011, was a resounding scientific and organizational success  attended by many colleagues throughout the region. It was organized by the Southern Cone Chapter of the Latin American Society of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology and INTERASMA (International Association of Asthmology). Had the invaluable support of the World Allergy Organization, the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, the Latin American Society of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, Argentina Federation of ENT Societies, the Argentine Society of Pediatrics, the Allergy Societies of Southern Europe, and many allergy and immunology societies in Latin America.

The Scientific Program was divided into 3 main tracks: Allergies in adults, Allergies in Pediatrics and Allergy in ENT.
           It started with 3 pre-conference practical courses very useful in practice . One of allergy practice for the office and the emergency room, the second on diagnostic methods in allergy, and the last on flexible and rigid endoscopy of the upper airways.

The Congress held two international workshops, one on immunotherapy, celebrating 100 years of specific immunotherapy with allergens, and another on the initiative of WHO, ARIA (Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma).
The program addressed the key issues of allergy and respiratory medicine, with particular attention to the incorporation of allergic and respiratory diseases to the group of non-communicable chronic diseases of WHO.

Prof. Sandra N. González Díaz (Mexico)

We have the presence of 42 invited speakers from Europe, USA and Latin America, who, along with other Latin American and Argentine experts collaborated to deliver presentations of a high scientific level.

Participated as representatives of the World Allergy Organization, Drs. Nelson Rosário Filho (Brazil), Mario Sanchez Borges (Venezuela) and Juan C. Ivancevich (Argentina). Through them, it was announced the World Allergy Congress to be held in Cancun, Mexico next December and the promotion of the Allergy White Book of the WAO.
On behalf of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, the President, Dr. Dennis Ledford,  gave interesting lectures.

Prof. G. Walter Canonica (Italy) - Simposio Latinoamericano de Inmunoterapia

The Organizing Committee gave awards to Dres. Mario Sánchez Borges (Venezuela), Dirceu Solé (Brazil), Gustavo Rodriguez (Uruguay), G. Walter Canonica (Italy), Gianni Passalacqua (Italy), Alejandro Tepper (Argentina).

Prof. Gianni Passalacqua (Italy) - Simposio Latinoamericano de Inmunoterapia

We acknowledge the great support of all sponsoring societies, and especially the World Allergy Organization.

Professor,

Juan Carlos Ivancevich, MD, PhD

Asthma Educational materials

We are continuing to promote Respiratory education for patients. Today topic is Asthma, because on 3 May 2011 we will have great Respiratory event - World Asthma Day 2011!
You can read Asthma Control Brochure from American Center for Disease Control and Prevention!

Asthma UK

VIDEO PROJECT ON THE EVE OF WORLD ASTHMA DAY 2011

First Tuesday of May is not a usual day – it’s World Asthma Day (WAD). So, why not express yourself if this theme touches your health?

As for me, it seems that we need more information for general public, for patients, for health care specialists and policy makers. It is important to make information available for specialists working in developing countries, as namely there we feel lack of medical knowledge and also absence of the educational programs for asthma patients.

Somebody can disagree but I can bring a simple example of that insufficiency:

I was trying to find a professional video for promotion of World Asthma Day 2011 in internet and the surprising result was that online resources are poor. So I would like to suggest to change this strange situation and to create a common video. It will be our collective work called “First Group World Asthma Day 2011 Video”. You can share the material you think will be useful – visual material, as pictures, photos, schemes, charts, everything related to this Non-communicable disease. 

                

                    

Since early civilization asthma has been recognized and has been well described by physicians over the centuries, with particular understanding of mechanisms. Whereas 30-40 years ago patients suffering from acute asthma attacks were admitted to the emergency department several times a day, today this has been reduced to a couple of patients a year. Treatment with inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) in the first instance, followed by the use of combination therapy with ICS and long-acting b-agonists later on has greatly improved the long-term prognosis of asthma patients. Meanwhile, there are still a number of patients that are not well controlled even with a high-dose combination therapy. Near fatal asthma attacks still occur and asthma mortality, although low, is still present.

I would like to mention The Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) which is truly great initiative and every year produces updates for global asthma guidelines. This year I attended an Italian Congress: 2011 International guidelines on rhinitis, asthma and COPD Global Initiatives ARIA, GINA and GOLD, after that in April 2011 I joined GINA as a member of Assembly for my home country, Republic of Moldova. GINA guidelines is the most credible and sure source for management of asthma patients for respiratory specialists all over the world.

For online promotion of WAD 2011 we created the event of Respiratory Decade on facebook ; also a group on facebook and on twitter were created. There you can follow everyday updated information, pictures, patients and world asthma experts’ opinions, links.

Another useful sort is European Respiratory Society that prepared and published European Respiratory Monograph on Difficult-to-Treat Asthma edited by professors K.F. Chung and S.E. Bel, which includes 22 chapters written by world leaders in Asthma. 

World Asthma Day 2011 is a wonderful possibility to show the world that asthma patients need attention. It is obvious that we cannot limit and demonstrate our attention and global interest only while that day. What we need – its everyday Respiratory awareness, which we are trying to promote here. “World Asthma Day Video” may be the first step. 

Mila CORLATEANU
Alexandru CORLATEANU, MD, PhD