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Advances in lung health and sleep medicine: Key highlights from CHEST 2025

At CHEST 2025 in Chicago, pulmonology experts shared new insights in asthma, COPD, interstitial lung disease, pulmonary hypertension, and sleep medicine. Dr. Sandhya Khurana highlighted emerging asthma data—such as imaging-based reductions in mucus plugging and outcomes in severe asthma with nasal polyps—while also discussing the future of nanobody therapeutics. Dr. Cosmo Fowler reviewed GLP-1 RA–linked survival benefits in OSA.

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Scabies Outbreak Management in Refugee/Migrant Camps in Europe 2014-2017: a Retrospective Qualitative Interview Study of Healthcare Staff Experiences and Perspectives

Scabies Outbreak Management in Refugee/Migrant Camps in Europe 2014-2017: a Retrospective Qualitative Interview Study of Healthcare Staff Experiences and Perspectives

Source : https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/13/11/e075103

This retrospective qualitative study used semistructured telephone interviews and framework analysis. Recruitment was done primarily through online networks of healthcare staff involved in medical care in refugee/migrant settings.

The researchers recommend development of accessible scabies guidelines for camps, use of consensus diagnostic criteria, and oral ivermectin mass treatments.

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The Screening and Management of Sleep Disturbances in People Living With HIV: Delphi Consensus

The Screening and Management of Sleep Disturbances in People Living With HIV: Delphi Consensus

Source : https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37941027/

Sleep disturbances in people living with HIV (PLHIV) are frequent but their management remains insufficient. In the absence of specific recommendations, a DELPHI consensus research project was conducted in France...

This DELPHI Consensus provides best practice for screening and managing sleep disturbances in PLHIV and optimizing their quality of life.

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A Qualitative Study Exploring Experiences of the Safetxt Digital Health Intervention to Reduce Sexually Transmitted Infections in Young People in the UK

Source : https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/13/10/e072701

People aged 16-24 are more likely than other age groups to acquire sexually transmitted infections (STI). Safetxt was a randomised controlled trial of a theory-based digital health intervention to reduce...

While control group participants reported precautionary behaviors triggered by trial participation, intervention recipients reported additional benefits and in broader aspects of sexual health.

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Predictors of Early and Long-Term Mortality After ICU Discharge in Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients: a Prospective Cohort Study

Predictors of Early and Long-Term Mortality After ICU Discharge in Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients: a Prospective Cohort Study

Source : https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0293883

To mitigate mortality among critically ill COVID-19 patients, both during their ICU stay and following ICU discharge, it is crucial to measure its frequency, identify predictors and to establish an...

Early and late post-ICU mortality exhibited an initial surge (in the first 30 days post-ICU) followed by a subsequent decline over time.