Thorax podcast
Summary: From June 2023, all our podcasts will move to https://thoraxbmj.podbean.com. You can continue with your subscription on your favourite podcast App. Thorax, the official journal of the British Thoracic Society, publishes influential clinical and experimental research in respiratory medicine, paediatrics, immunology, pharmacology, pathology, and surgery. The focus is on work that advances scientific understanding and impacts clinical practice. http://thorax.bmj.com/ * The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. The content of this podcast does not constitute medical advice and it is not intended to function as a substitute for a healthcare practitioner’s judgement, patient care or treatment. The views expressed by contributors are those of the speakers. BMJ does not endorse any views or recommendations discussed or expressed on this podcast. Listeners should also be aware that professionals in the field may have different opinions. By listening to this podcast, listeners agree not to use its content as the basis for their own medical treatment or for the medical treatment of others.
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Andrew Bush, Professor of Paediatric Respirology Imperial College London, talks to Fernando Martinez, Professor of Pediatrics and Director of the Arizona Respiratory Center at University of Arizona, about recent developements in the understanding of the link between childhood asthma and infection.
Each month we aim to bring you an insight into different areas of Thorax, and explain a bit about the editorial processes and decisions that go on behind the scenes.In this podcast Dr Angshu Bhowmik talks to Thorax Editor Professor Wisia Wedzicha about her time as Thorax editor, and what steps to take to become an editor in a scientific journal.
Each month we aim to bring you an insight into different areas of Thorax, and explain a bit about the editorial processes and decisions that go on behind the scenes.In this podcast Dr Angshu Bhowmik talks to Thorax Editor Professor Wisia Wedzicha about her time as Thorax editor, and what steps to take to become an editor in a scientific journal.
Welcome to the Thorax podcastEach month we aim to bring you an insight into different areas of Thorax, and explain a bit about the editorial processes and decisions that go on behind the scenes.In this podcast Dr Angshu Bhowmik talks to Thorax Editor Professor Wisia Wedzicha about the articles highlighted in March’s “Airwaves”. They also discuss the importance of trial registration.
Welcome to the Thorax podcastEach month we aim to bring you an insight into different areas of Thorax, and explain a bit about the editorial processes and decisions that go on behind the scenes.In this podcast Dr Angshu Bhowmik talks to Thorax Editor Professor Wisia Wedzicha about the articles highlighted in March’s “Airwaves”. They also discuss the importance of trial registration.
Welcome to the Thorax podcastEach month we aim to bring you an insight into different areas of Thorax, and explain a bit about the editorial processes and decisions that go on behind the scenes.In this podcast Dr Angshu Bhowmik talks to Thorax Editor Professor Wisia Wedzicha about the articles highlighted in January’s “Airwaves”. They also give some tips on writing a good paper.
Welcome to the Thorax podcastEach month we aim to bring you an insight into different areas of Thorax, and explain a bit about the editorial processes and decisions that go on behind the scenes.In this podcast Dr Angshu Bhowmik talks to Thorax Editor Professor Wisia Wedzicha about the articles highlighted in January’s “Airwaves”. They also give some tips on writing a good paper.
Welcome to the first Thorax podcastEach month we aim to bring you an insight into different areas of Thorax, and explain a bit about the editorial processes and decisions that go on behind the scenes.In this first podcast Dr Angshu Bhowmik talks to Thorax Editor Professor Wisia Wedzicha about the articles highlighted in December’s ‘Airwaves’
Welcome to the first Thorax podcastEach month we aim to bring you an insight into different areas of Thorax, and explain a bit about the editorial processes and decisions that go on behind the scenes.In this first podcast Dr Angshu Bhowmik talks to Thorax Editor Professor Wisia Wedzicha about the articles highlighted in December’s ‘Airwaves’
Benny Weksler, associate professor of surgery, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, talks to Jennifer Quint, Thorax journal club editor, about surgery for small cell carcinoma of the lung. See also: Surgical Resection Should Be Considered for Stage I and II Small Cell Carcinoma of the Lung
Jennifer Quint, Thorax's journal club editor, talks to Philipp Lepper, consultant physician, University Hospital of Saarland, Germany, about his study which revealed glucose levels can predict mortality in patients admitted with community acquired pneumonia. See also: Serum glucose levels for predicting death in patients admitted to hospital for community acquired pneumonia: prospective cohort study
Closing schools to restrict the spread of influenza during a pandemic is an idea oftern floated, but what effect does it actually have? Thorax's Journal Club editor Jennifer Quint asks David Earn, professor of mathematics, McMaster University, what his work on the 2009 H1N1 outbreak in Alberta, Canada reveals. See also: Effects of School Closure on Incidence of Pandemic Influenza in Alberta, Canada
A combination of prednisone, azathioprine, and N-acetylcysteine has been widely used as a treatment for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, however the safety and efficacy of this three-drug regimen is unknown. Jennifer Quint, Thorax's Journal Club editor, talks to Fernando Martinez, Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, about the controversy surrounding the question, and what his paper on it reveals. See also: Prednisone, Azathioprine, and N-Acetylcysteine for Pulmonary Fibrosis
Jennifer Quint, Thorax's Journal Club editor, talks to David Jablons, University of California San Francisco, and consultant for Life Technologies, about his assay to predict survival in resected non-squamous, non-small-cell lung cancer. See also: A practical molecular assay to predict survival in resected non-squamous, non-small-cell lung cancer: development and international validation studies
Jennifer Quint, Thorax's Journal Club editor, talks to Subroto Paul, Division of Thorasic Surgery at New York Presbrytarian Hospital System, about his study comparing short-term postoperative outcomes following open and thoracoscopic lobectomy. See also: Outcomes after lobectomy using thoracoscopy vs thoracotomy: a comparative effectiveness analysis utilizing the Nationwide Inpatient Sample database Thorax Journal club article:Outcomes after thoracoscopic versus open lobectomy
