Thorax Articles & Analysis: This-Year
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Leading medical staff in the UK, writing for medical journal ‘Thorax’, are calling for industries and governing bodies to follow Australia’s new legislation and ban the use of engineered stone, commonly used for kitchen worktops. ...
A sleep disorder, sleep apnea is characterized by repeated breathing pauses during sleep. The hypopnea and apnea episodes can last from a few seconds to a minute at a time and can occur many times during a night. Obstructive Sleep apnea happens when the throat muscles relax and the tongue falls back into the throat, partially blocking the airway. That in turn leads to improper breathing as the ...
Ischaemic heart diseases continue to be a major global health concern and a leading cause of death. To develop more effective treatments, it is essential for researchers to work with animal models that closely replicate human cardiac physiology. In a notable step forward, Pius et al. present a refined, minimally invasive ovine model of ischaemia–reperfusion–infarction which ...
High-performance cardiopulmonary resuscitation (HP-CPR) is a technique that emphasizes delivering chest compressions at the correct depth and rate while avoiding excessive leaning and minimizing interruptions. Often referred to as high-quality CPR within the medical community, HP-CPR is a critical skill that anyone can learn to improve survival outcomes for sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) victims. ...
In November 2024, the British Thoracic Society (BTS), Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN), and the National Institute of Care Excellence (NICE) asthma guidelines1 were released superseding the previously separate guidelines from BTS/SIGN2 and NICE3. The new joint guideline, based on current clinical evidence and cost-effective modelling, clears up the previous uncertainty about the ...