COPD, with the PulmPEEPs
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The PulmPEEPs are back with another journal club episode. Dr. Kristina Montemayor and Dr. David Furfaro are joined by Thorax education editor Dr. Christopher Turnbull, and journal club author Dr. Ewan Mackay. They discuss a handful of selected papers focussing on COPD, covering the global impact of different household fuels on lung disease, early signs of CT changes in smokers before the detection of COPD, and a trial of treprostinil for the treatment of COPD related pulmonary hypertension.
Links:
- Journal club
- Estimated health effects from domestic use of gaseous fuels for cooking and heating in high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analyses
- BEACON: A Missing Piece of the Puzzle for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- A New Global Definition of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
- Inhaled treprostinil in pulmonary hypertension associated with COPD: PERFECT study results
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