What is the best approach to patient with trouble sleeping
Managing patients with trouble sleeping can be time consuming and complicated. In this presentation, Dr Tim Cheung and Dr Barton…
Video Blog For Doctors
Lung cavities can be due to many different causes. In this video I show a case of a man with…
Lung abscess is an infection in the lung which can look like lung cancer. Biopsy is often required to make…
Stenosis of the trachea is an uncommon but serious condition. This is a fascinating case of a badly diseased trachea.…
How to adopt Low Carb – for doctors
A diet low in carbohydrate and high in healthy fat is the most healthy way to live our life. Unfortunately,…
How to optimise your management of COPD
COPD or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a common respiratory disease causing patients to suffer with shortness of breath and …
Excessive dynamic airway collapse – EDAC
Cough is a common symptom and excessive coughing can cause people to feel very unwell. A common cause for cough…
A New Approach To The Annoying Cough That Does Not Go Away. Online event for doctors education
Cough is a very common symptom presenting to doctors in general practice. It causes significant distress and affects people’s quality…
Is smoking E-cigarettes and Vaping dangerous?
E-cigarettes and vaping are becoming more popular. What is the evidence for their effect on our health? Is vaping bad…
Important management decisions to cure lung cancer
Lung cancer is the most common cause of death from cancer in men and women. However, if it is diagnosed…
An approach to the patient with breathlessness
Breathlessness is a common presenting symptom for many patients. It causes significant distress and affects people’s quality of life as…
Removal of a tracheal tumour with bronchoscopy
This is a great case study of a patient who presented with cough and the chest X-ray showed a lesion…
Mediastinal mass – what is the cause? Lymphoma, small cell carcinoma, sarcoid or tuberculosis
A mediastinal mass is very serious and often due to a cancer. A mediastinal mass can be benign though. The…
Multiple pulmonary nodules. Are they cancer?
Multiple lung nodules is a common problem. In this case, the patient had a history of kidney cancer (renal cell…
Removal of inhaled foreign body from the lung with bronchoscopy
Inhaling a foreign body can look like lung cancer on CT scan of the chest. This may be some food,…
Linear endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) bronchoscopy demonstration
Linear EBUS is a bronchoscopy technique which allows the safe biopsy of thoracic lymph nodes and other thoracic structures. No…
Radial endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) bronchoscopy demonstration of biopsy of lung nodule
Radial endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) is useful during bronchoscopy to target lung nodules and masses for biopsy. This is safer that…
Left Lower Lobe lung cancer with abnormal mediastinal lymph nodes for staging and a RUL nodule
This is a tricky case of lung cancer. Treatment will depend on whether there has been spread of the cancer…