Jingwen Zhang Shyamali C Dharmage Linked Comment—"chronic productive cough should now be recognised as a separate class of chronic cough that should be managed differently from chronic dry cough” From Kian Fan Chung bit.ly/3Rqt5Er

Breathe: Pharmacists deliver high-level and impactful medicines-related care that improves patients’ outcomes and healthcare experience. This is most evident in respiratory medicine when they are imbedded within the MDT and able to also support colleagues. bit.ly/3sd8sD9

European Respiratory Journal: Using medium-dose inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) with long-acting β2-agonists reduces the odds of exacerbation and increases FEV1 in patients age 6–17 years whose asthma is uncontrolled on a low dose of ICS alone. bit.ly/47buW6o

A domiciliary spirometry programme can capture new obstructed lung function and favourably alter the management of individuals with treatment-refractory asthma; further work is needed to address patient-centric issues that lead to poor uptake and adherence bit.ly/3QQvJEr

A project to uncover treatable traits to improve the lung health of people born #preterm is possible thanks to a $1.99 million #MRFF grant. It’s being led by Wal-yan Respiratory Research Centre researcher Shannon Simpson from telethonkids & Curtin University. Congrats all authors 👉bit.ly/3wjdeRu

Fantastic talk tonight from our very own ILD CNC Lisa Bateman, on the multidisciplinary management of IPF/PPF with the team from Charlie’s Respiratory with special thanks to TSANZ

Another great talk at our IPF/PPF night! A/prof Cecilia Prele presenting on B cell phenotyping TSANZ Respiratory Health

Editorial: Impacts of sex and gender on severe asthma Dr Kimberley Wang thorax.bmj.com/content/early/…

Breathe: Primary idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome is a rare condition that can cause end-organ damage in multiple systems. The advent of targeted monoclonal antibodies, such as mepolizumab, provides a safe and effective steroid-sparing treatment. bit.ly/4bgDP1u

Inhaler wastage has a significant impact on our climate. It's so exciting to see our specialist asthma nurses (Brooke Kyle CNC, and Brooke Devenish CN) take their audit outcomes to the national stage TSANZ. I can't wait to see what they do next!

Proud to have co-written this editorial Annals of the ATS with my colleagues Alice Crawford and John Blakey We need to listen to our patients with COPD, who are telling us what they need. We need to stop telling them to stay home. They deserve our care atsjournals.org/doi/full/10.15…

#LUCAP is now listed on the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care's Australian Register of Clinical Registries Ref: ACSQHC-ARCR-836 ➡️ safetyandquality.gov.au/publications-a… ACSQHC #clinical #quality #national #Australia #LungCancer #LCSM #HealthCare #data #HealthEquity

Thank you Benjamin MK and Canadian Thoracic Society for inviting me to talk about the STARR2 study at your journal club. Paper: thelancet.com/journals/lanre… The Lancet Respiratory Medicine Charlie’s Respiratory Respiratory Health

GINA UPDATE: an update of the GINA 2024 report was published on 22 May 2024, as we became aware that some medication doses for anti-inflammatory reliever therapy in Box 4-8 were being misread. Download the latest version from ginasthma.org/reports. Please share.

Our new study is out! 🙌 Unsupervised home spirometry is accurate in a range of chronic respiratory conditions, and is feasible for remote monitoring in selected patients. Congratulations to our team, and especial thanks to Caitlin Wilson and Claire McLaighlin for their hard work!

Fantastic Asthma session at the TSANZ WA branch Annual Scientific Meeting 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Thank you to our presenters: Kimberley Wang, Patricia Agudelo Romero, Sanjay Ramakrishnan, and Ewan Cameron

Our New Investigator session is well underway at TSANZ WA ASM! TSANZ Good luck everyone! Here's Sarah with her PhD Breathing life into referrals: consumer co-design enhances access to pulmonary rehabilitation in COPD

Honours student Ella Girdler presenting at the New Investigator Award on hospital admission trends in Sarcoidosis, at TSANZ WA ASM. Well done! TSANZ Charlie’s Respiratory

Jack Zhao presenting at the TSANZ WA ASM new investigator on the impacts of pleural infection management. Well done!

Nicely presented Chellan! Chellan Kumarasamy at the TSANZ WA ASM, presenting on: participant eligibility for lung Cancer Screening in Australia: An Analysis of proposed Criteria