Politics geek, respiratory physio, author of 'Hough's Cardiorespiratory Care', gardener, dog-lover and Greenie.
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For our patients with asthma - chlorine-based disinfectants in swimming pools - Pulmonary function in swimmers exposed to disinfection by-products: a narrative review - PMC
Physio or SLT? - pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4022… - it’s both!
Weird or what? Why are ‘imposter participants’ taking part in research? Boredom, curiosity, an ideological intent to disrupt investigations? bmj.com/content/391/bmj.r212…
Incentive spirometry for fun? Make a game of it!
Gamification of Incentive Spirometry in Trauma Patients: Protocol for a Prospective, Observational Feasibility Study - PMC
The saintly Waitrose in trouble again. First I’m banned after I complained to police about being assaulted by a staff member (my tweet of 8.10.24), now a young autistic man has been banned - Autistic volunteer axed by Waitrose offered job at rival supermarket | LBC
For your intensivists - Hay et al 2025 Systematic review and meta-analysis of prevalence and population-level factors contributing to posttraumatic stress disorder in pediatric intensive care survivors. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 26(4):e531-e543. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000003696
Keep this if you work with anyone who subjects children to needles without Emla cream - Local analgesia for the relief of pain in children undergoing venipuncture and intravenous cannulation: a systematic review and network meta-analysis - PMC
Now it’s official: men need more analgesia than women - Efficacy of morphine versus fentanyl patient-controlled analgesia for postoperative pain management in colorectal surgery - PMC
People with COPD are at increased risk for chronic pain and higher pain intensity, second only to those with arthritis - Reporting of pain by people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): comparative results from the HUNT3 population-based survey - PMC
Outcomes at private hospitals are associated with greater morbidity and nonhome discharge - Association of hospital for-profit status with clinical and financial outcomes following emergency general surgery - PMC
Constituencies electing Reform MPs have the highest average prevalence of asthma and COPD compared to Labour areas:
What is the relationship between population health and voting patterns: an ecological study in England | BMJ Open Respiratory Research
Making our job easier - Amer et al 2025 Analgesia first in critically ill adults. Crit Care Clin. 41(4):683-705. doi: 10.1016/j.ccc.2025.05.002 - includes pain monitoring, nonpharmacologic and multimodal analgesia
For ILD patients, in-hospital PR yields greater benefits than on-line PR - Pehlivan et al 2025 The impact of different pulmonary rehabilitation approaches on fibrotic interstitial lung disease. Expert Rev Respir Med. 19(9):1027-35. doi: 10.1080/17476348.2025.2513512
Traffic lights on some Copenhagen roads are synchronised so that rush-hour cyclists catch green all the way
Are your abdominal surgery patients remembering to clean their teeth? If not, postop infection is more likely:
Ikuno T et al 2025 Effect of oral frailty on postoperative infection in patients undergoing abdominal visceral surgery. Oral Dis. 31(2):633-9. doi: 10.1111/odi.15162
Harnessing the power of nature in surgery: A systematic scoping review of nature prescribing and measures of benefit - Surgery
