This talk was recorded live on the final day of DFTB17 in Brisbane. If you missed out in 2017 then why not book your leave for August 2018. Tickets are still on sale for the pre-conference workshops as well as the conference itself via www.dftb18.com.
This talk was recorded live at DFTB17 in Brisbane. We’ve got plenty more where this one came from so keep on checking in with us every week. If you think you’ve got the chops to pull it off next year then get in touch with us hello@dontforgetthebubbles.com.
Simon explains just how much we don’t know about treating severe, acute asthma and outlines a research agenda to answer some of the key questions.
Tonight I had the privilege to talk to the team at the Werribee branch of Ambulance Victoria. I was given the brief to talk on something to do with paediatric respiratory problems and I thought I would focus on one of their most common presentations – asthma.
Salbutamol is one of the most frequently used medicines in the paediatric pharmacopeia. Most of us can say that it’s a short acting beta agonist delivered by nebuliser or more commonly via an MDI with spacer. Some might recall that the half life is between 2.7 and 5.5hrs. And, most perplexing of all, once we’ve…
The Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne have released an update on their asthma management. There are some great points here around the use of steroids and planning for discharge. Thanks to Mike Starr and RCH for allowing us to reproduce the update here…
