Respiratory Physiotherapist and PhD student 🏃♀️🏊♀️🧘♀️ generally outdoorsy 🐶
Cambridge, England
Joined January 2015
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Delighted to share our first publication’s from the wonderful BreatheINDIA collaboration nature.com/articles/s41533-0… @josephclark
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ICS respiratory review - #pulmonaryrehab
asthmaandlung.org.uk/healthc…
@asthmalunguk recommend that ICSs introduce a single accountable rehabilitation lead & to increase uptake through an opt-out system of referral
@NRAPaudit @PRaccreditation @SallySingh_ @mariabuxton2gm1
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“I’m living in a ‘no’ world now…”- A qualitative study of the widespread impact of living with chronic #breathlessness, and experiences of identification and assessment of this symptom in an older, frail community-based population
nature.com/articles/s41533-0…
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Don't miss this exciting opportunity in respiratory physiotherapy! Take a look, consider applying today, and please share across your networks!👇
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@TheACPRC @physio4bpd
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Did you miss our final journal club webinar of 2024? If so you can now watch it back at thoracic.org/members/assembl… 💻 📢 presented by Carolyn Garcia and joined by author @RuthEBarker1989
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The one-minute sit-to-stand test: A practical tool for assessing functional exercise capacity in patients with COPD in routine clinical practice @p_mellaerts journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
@Mickst46 @Greening_COPD @SamHarry_lung @tom_jc_ward @EnyaDaynesPT
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Great to be an author on Aung et al paper - Digital remote maintenance inhaler adherence interventions in COPD: a systematic review. Digital interventions can detect and enhance adherence but effect on outcomes unclear. bit.ly/3NfGtK5.
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#respisbest #winterBTS2024
🌟 top 10 research priorities for #breathlessness
🌟 Great to be part of the @asthmalunguk session yesterday with @CC_Reilly & @DrErikaK
🌟 see 👇
🌟 optimism for patient centred research 😊 1/2
@NIHRresearch @LindAlliance
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Pleased to share an exciting job opportunity to come and work with me @CC_Reilly on SELF-BREATHE, check out this link:👇
Research Assistant in the Department of Palliative Care, Policy & Rehabilitation at King's College London jobs.ac.uk/job/DKT790/resear… @CSI_KCL @NIHRresearch
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World COPD Day Big Baton Pass 2024 Link 2 streaming now. #COPD #WorldCOPDDay youtube.com/live/NIug8hOrpig… via @YouTube
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We’re supporting #WorldCOPDDay to help raise awareness. Visit the @asthmalunguk website to learn more about COPD, its symptoms and how it is treated and diagnosed. bit.ly/4faHwaw
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The World COPD Day big baton pass is happening soon. Here are the live stream links
Link 1 starts 8am New Zealand time: vimeo.com/event/4706424
Link 2 starts 6am UK time: vimeo.com/event/4706425
Link 3 starts 9am EST time: vimeo.com/event/4706427
@russwinn66 @RuthEBarker1989
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Patients & Healthcare Professionals unite! #COPDBatonPass
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Come and join in the COPD Baton Pass event.
#COPDBatonPass
#COPD Baton Pass patients step challenge team. join.thestepupapp.com/8pyK
#COPD Baton Pass HCP's step challenge team.
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Today we launch our #AMissionForLungHealth report calling on the government to get lung health care right. Our latest analysis shows that breathing issues are the leading cause of all emergency admissions in England. orlo.uk/4k2mE
ALT Women lying in a hospital bed with an oxygen machine.
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Looking for professionals working with TYAC- see below. Please get in contact - [email protected]
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Cancer cachexia is a complex syndrome characterised by tissue loss, decreased appetite, fatigue, and reduced activity in patients with cancer.
This article provides a clinical update drawing on contemporary research and guidelines
🔗 bmj.com/content/387/bmj-2024…
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Yesterday, PhD candidate @holly_drover hosted a gallery event showcasing her work on understanding breathlessness across ethnicities. Participants utilised art and painting to express their experiences of breathlessness.
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Pathophysiology of sarcopenia in COPD. doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S280540
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Our @asthmalunguk election asks have landed, just in time for all the conversation about tackling waiting lists 🫁
