Easter Greetings from Respiratory Decade

Dear Respiratory Friends!

We want to wish Happy Easter to you and your families!

We are grateful for your outstanding contribution to Respiratory Decade in the world and your continuing support of Respiratory Decade campaign!

 

 

World Tuberculosis Day 2016

World TB Day, falling on March 24th each year, is designed to build public awareness that tuberculosis today remains an epidemic in much of the world, causing the deaths of nearly one-and-a-half million people each year, mostly in developing countries. It commemorates the day in 1882 when Dr Robert Koch astounded the scientific community by announcing that he had discovered the cause of tuberculosis, the TB bacillus. At the time of Koch's announcement in Berlin, TB was raging through Europe and the Americas, causing the death of one out of every seven people. Koch's discovery opened the way towards diagnosing and curing TB.

2016 Guidelines for reporting of health interventions using mobile phones (Fulltext article from BMJ)

To improve the completeness of reporting of mobile health (mHealth) interventions, the WHO mHealth Technical Evidence Review Group developed the mHealth evidence reporting and assessment (mERA) checklist. The development process for mERA consisted of convening an expert group to recommend an appropriate approach, convening a global expert review panel for checklist development, and pilot testing the checklist. The guiding principle for the development of these criteria was to identify a minimum set of information needed to define what the mHealth intervention is (content), where it is being implemented (context), and how it was implemented (technical features), to support replication of the intervention. This paper presents the resulting 16 item checklist and a detailed explanation and elaboration for each item, with illustrative reporting examples. Through widespread adoption, we expect that the use of these guidelines will standardise the quality of mHealth evidence reporting, and indirectly improve the quality of mHealth evidence.

 Summary points

• To improve the reporting of mobile health (mHealth) interventions, the WHO mHealth Technical Evidence Review Group developed a checklist on mHealth evidence reporting and assessment (mERA)
• The checklist aims to identify a minimum set of information needed to define what the mHealth intervention is (content), where it is being implemented (context), and how it was implemented (technical features), to support replication of the intervention
• Through widespread adoption, these guidelines should standardise the quality of mHealth evidence reporting, and indirectly improve the quality of mHealth evidence
  
  
  Fulltext:
  http://www.bmj.com/content/352/bmj.i1174?utm_content=buffer8232d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Continuous Positive Airway Pressure: Life-Saving Technology (full text from Current Respiratory Medicine Reviews)

Dear friends World Sleep Day 2016 is under corner (18 March 2016)!

World Sleep Day is an annual event, intended to be a celebration of sleep and a call to action on important issues related to sleep, including medicine, education, social aspects and driving. It is organized by the World Sleep Day Committee of the World Association of Sleep Medicine (WASM) and aims to lessen the burden of sleep problems on society through better prevention and management of sleep disorders.

The obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) remains a common diagnosis made by pulmonary practitioners. OSAS is a common respiratory disorder affecting at least 2% to 4% of the adult population. The mainstay of treatment of moderate and severe OSAS is continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP). The development of this therapeutic intervention in 1981 by Sullivan, stimulated the rapid progression of sleep testing and therapy as a new field in medicine.

Full text from Current Respiratory Medicine Reviews:

http://benthamscience.com/journals/current-respiratory-medicine-reviews/volume/12/issue/1/page/2/

Exercise-Induced Bronchoconstriction in Athletes (full text article from Austin Journal of Pulmonary & Respiratory Medicine)

Exercise-induced bronchoconstriction is a disease with high prevalence among elite athletes and it can be up to 70%. Diagnosing this condition is essential to accurately manage the condition preserving excellent lung function among athletes. In this article is presented a review of studies on exercise induced bronchoconstriction, methods of diagnosis and management.

Fulltext:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/297733949_Exercise-Induced_Bronchoconstriction_in_Athletes

New issue of Current Respiratory Medicine Reviews [Volume 12, Number 1, 2016]

Dear Friends we are happy to present you new issue of Current Respiratory Medicine Reviews [Volume 12, Number 1, 2016]!

table of Contents  (For viewing abstracts please visit this link)

Meet Our Editor Pp. 1-1
Joseph Varon
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Editorial: Continuous Positive Airway Pressure: Life-Saving Technology Pp. 2-3
Alexandru Corlateanu and Joseph Varon
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Editorial: (Thematic Issue: Occupational Exposure: An Undermined Risk Factor of Lung Diseases in the Informal Sectors of Developing Economy) Pp. 4-4
Toshita Kalkana and Subhabrata Moitra
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Occupational Exposure and Respiratory Tract Infections –At Risk Workers in the International Context Pp. 5-9
Tor B. Aasen
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Occupational Exposure and Occupational Asthma: Difference in Practices in Developed Countries v/s Developing Countries Pp. 10-16
Bill Brashier
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Occupational Respiratory Pathology in Russia: Current Trends and Challenges Pp. 17-26
Timur O. Khaliullin, Ol’ga A. Ishteryakova, Railya V. Garipova and Liliya M. Fatkhutdinova
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Asbestos-Related Diseases: Still a Concern in Emerging Economies in the Absence of an International Ban Pp. 27-32
Arthur L. Frank
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An Update on Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis Pp. 33-43
Mridu Gulati
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Industrial Chemicals and Acute Lung injury with a Focus on Exposure Scenarios Pp. 44-55
Yangjin Jegal and Yangho Kim
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Silicosis in Current Scenario: A Review of Literature Pp. 56-64
Sukanta Sen, Ritabrata Mitra, Shatavisa Mukherjee, Prasanta K. Das and Saibal Moitra
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Coal Mine Dust Lung Disease: The Silent Coal Mining Disaster Pp. 65-73
Clara J. Schroedl, Leonard H.T. Go and Robert A. Cohen
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Risk Factors for Lung Cancer in Never Smokers: A Recent Review Including Genetics Pp. 74-117
Anne Marie Quinn, William G. Newman and Philip S. Hasleton
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