IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON RESPIRATORY HEALTHCARE

Dear Respiratory Friends,

We are happy to invite you to participate in our Survey: Impact of Social Media on Respiratory Healthcare!

Your input will help us to review role of social media in respiratory healthcare and guide the development of it in near future

Please fill out our questionnaire: 

Thank you very much!

The results of our survey will be published  as soon as possible online and also at scientific journals! 

World Spirometry Day 2012: Join the race for healthy lungs!

We are happy to present World Spirometry Day 2012!!!

Respiratory Decade will participate actively in promotion and organization of this Global event!  World Spirometry Day is a very important Day for all persons with respiratory conditions and for doctors! Its one more chance to make visible all Respiratory Non-Communicable Diseases!

World Spirometry Day (WSD) will take place again on 27 June, 2012 - the Olympic year.

The campaign will focus on sport and the lungs, and resources will be provided for all those organising testing events related to the Olympic theme. Testing will not be limited to this day alone and participants are encouraged to capitalise on the Olympics and hold events on the run up to the games on July 27 and beyond.

Lung champions is a campaign which is promoted by European Lung Foundation. You can nominate Lung Champions who can help raise awareness of the importance of activity and sport for lung health. Lung Champions can be young athletes with cystic fibrosis, a COPD patient taking part in a pulmonary rehabilitation programme or an Olympian with asthma.

Please use Lung champion nomination form for your  Lung Champions!

We want to remind you about success of First World Spirometry Day 2010! It was inspired by Professor Nikos SIAFAKAS President of European Respiratory Society:  “Increased awareness about lung health is vital, and by taking a simple and painless test that only takes a few minutes to perform, everybody can find out about the state of his lungs” .

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.

Seminars of Interventional Pneumology, 28 October 2011, Firenze, Italy

We are happy to invite you at Firenze, Italy at International Conference: Seminars of Interventional Pneumology, which will take place at 28 October 2011, organized by great friend of Respiratory Decade Professor Lorenzo CORBETTA.
Prof. Corbetta is an opinion leader in Italy in interventional bronchoscopy for many years. Much of his career has been devoted to the implementation of bronchoscopic laser resection and stenting and novel endoscopic technologies and also to the development of new teaching methods. He was elected President of the Interventional Pulmonology and Thoracic Surgery Working Group of the Italian Society of Respiratory Medicine in 2006 and currently holds this position. 

FINAL PROGRAM

Final Program

You can contact for registration organizators of this important Respiratory Event:
NEWTOURS S.p.A. - Via Augusto Righi, 8 – 50019 Sesto F.no (FI)
Tel.: 055 3361.1 / Fax: 055 3033.895
E-mail: pneumologiainterventistica@newtours.it

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!!

7 Reasons to attend European Respiratory Society Congress, Amsterdam 2011

Dear friends,

as you may already know the European Respiratory Society Annual Congress will take place in Amsterdam, 24-28 September 2011. You have not decided yet whether you’ll be there or not?

So we have outlined 7 reasons why one would take part in the event this year.

1. Scientific and Educational Programmes

Tight schedule of programmes may attract your attention due to a high variety of postgraduate courses on different respiratory themes: Interventional Pulmonology, Update of phenotypes of asthma and COPD, ERS/ACCP jointly organised: evidence-based approach to advanced respiratory care, Treatment of obstructive sleep apnoea, etc. Informative lectures and interactive lectures may be very useful for your research, while participating in workshops would allow you to follow the discussion and share your opinion, which is not the least important argument. „Meet the Professor” seminars are elaborated for those interested in the exchange of ideas with leading experts in the respiratory field.

2. Personal Presentation

That would be too simple to attend the Congress and not to express yourself. That is why the next reason is sharing your work, be it a poster, or e-presentation. Probably not everyday we have an opportunity to show the results of our work and to get a feedback at the international conference of the same level.

3. Meet colleagues and friends

Being a part of community united for several days by a common aim – speak about respiratory diseases is also a great chance to meet colleagues and friends. Every year thousands of people attend the congress, and for sure one can get acquainted with interesting people or merely see old friends.

4. Press conferences

Press conferences is another point that may draw your attention if you are a mass media representative. Attending the conferences, gathering information, listening leaders of opinion in respiratory care and asking questions may be very useful for those who want to promote lung health worldwide.

 

5. HERMES examination

You can take HERMES examination in adult or paediatric respiratory medicine which was created for trainees and specialists interested in knowledge assessment according to European standards. Successful completion of the examination leads to European Diploma in Respiratory Medicine and permits be part of the HERMES Diplomates Club.

6. Exhibition

There is an activity one would like to accomplish between attending the courses and presenting the posters. Namely visiting the exhibition of world-known pharmaceutical and engineering companies, medical bookshops and technological corporations that generously offer information, materials, equipment and create a special atmosphere of international collaboration.

7. Amsterdam

And finally who would stay at ERS Congress round the clock? Certainly you would like to see the Amsterdam in all its’ autumn beauty. Therefore there would defenitely be time for city tours, excursions through historic centre with all its sights and relaxing while a canal cruise.

Pictures made by Liudmila Corlateanu.

Hopefully now you have made up your mind.

See you in Amsterdam! J

Liudmila CORLATEANU,

Press-representative for Eastern European Countries 

at ERS 2010 Barcelona

Respiratory Decade supporting Global action against the non-communicable diseases

Respiratory Decade is active participant of the global action against the non-communicable diseases (NCD)!

Of 57 million global deaths in 2008, 36 million, or 63%, were due to NCD. The four main NCDs are cardiovascular diseases, cancers, diabetes and chronic lung diseases. The burden of these diseases is rising disproportionately among lower income countries and populations. In 2008, nearly 80% of noncommunicable disease deaths -- 29 million -- occurred in low- and middle-income countries with about 29% of deaths occuing before the age of 60 in these countries.

The leading causes of NCD deaths in 2008 were cardiovascular diseases (17 million deaths, or 48% of all NCD deaths), cancers (7.6 million, or 21% of all NCD deaths), and respiratory diseases, including asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (4.2 million). Diabetes caused another 1.3 million deaths.

Heart and lung diseases, cancer and diabetes touch millions of people worldwide, inflicting great loss of life and suffering, as well as placing great socioeconomic burdens on families, communities and countries worldwide. But action against the global epidemics of these noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and the shared risk factors that contribute to them has now being taken on a global scale. 

Governments, civil society, many business leaders, academia, healthcare providers and the United Nations family are uniting in the fight against NCDs ahead of the 2011 UN General Assembly High-level Meeting on the Prevention and Control of NCDs. This films describes the issues, challenges and opportunities to scale up international action against these diseases.

As wrote Professor Geneau in Lancet: "neglect of chronic disease by international agencies and national governments is a political, not a technical, failure since cost-effective interventions are available".

RESPIRATORY DECADE suggests working together on common aim: to help people with Non-Communicable Diseases and to prevent the increase of these diseases in the world by simple interventions on tobacco, salt, diets, alcohol!

ASTHMA ART CONTEST 2011

On World Asthma Day 2011 (3 May), people with asthma and severe asthma are being encouraged to get creative for a unique art contest which will explore what it is like to live with the condition. 

The contest is open to people of all ages and will help bridge the gap between doctors’ understanding of the condition and a person’s experience of it.

Asthma is a major health problem around the world and is a one of the world’s major non-communicable diseases. Not all types of asthma are the same and current treatments adopt a uniform approach, meaning they don’t work well for everybody. The art contest is part of a European-wide project called U-BIOPRED - Unbiased BIOmarkers in PREDiction of respiratory disease outcomes. U-BIOPRED is a research project funded by the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI), to understand more about severe asthma that involves scientists from universities, research institutes, the pharmaceutical industry and small companies.

U-BIOPRED will help scientists understand more about severe asthma. The researchers will look at how severe asthma differs from one person to another in the hope of uncovering more effective treatments in the future. 

                                            U-BIOPRED video

The competition is open to any person with asthma and all types of art work from dance, music and poetry, to paintings and photography are encouraged. The top three winning entries will be displayed on the U-BIOPRED website. 

The winner will be invited to the European Respiratory Society Congress in Amsterdam (24-25 September) to receive their award and see their winning entry presented at the opening ceremony. Professor Peter Sterk, project lead, said:  “The U-BIOPRED project aims to understand more about asthma and severe asthma. One important way we can do this is to hear from patients directly. This contest enables patients to express, through art, what the condition is like and how it impacts upon their life.”

Professor Peter STERK

University of Amsterdam

“The winning entry will be the piece which best conveys what it is like to have asthma and we want to hear from anyone with the condition, whether you are a budding or artist, or a complete beginner.”

The closing date for all entries is 1 June 2011. You can enter the art contest by uploading a digital copy of your artwork to the website. For full terms and conditions, visit: www.ubiopred.european-lung-foundation.org/artcontest.

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