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SUMMARY:General Internal Medicine – Core Topics (Autumn 2025)
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DESCRIPTION:Talks include:Asthma diagnosis and misdiagnosis: solution lies within the 4th dimension \nDr Ran Wang, NIHR Clinical Lecturer, ST7 Respiratory medicine,  University of Manchester, Manchester NHS Foundation Trust\n\nTalk synopsis:\n\nAsthma is common affecting 10% of the UK population. Of 160,000 new diagnosis per year, up to one in three are misdiagnosed. Asthma is defined by symptoms and airflow obstruction that fluctuates over time. Despite the hallmark of asthma is its temporal variability, current clinical practice still approaches the condition as if it was a static disease.\n\nIn this lecture, I will summarise the current diagnostic challenges in asthma and highlight how time is the missing dimension in asthma care. I will demonstrate how diurnal, day-to-day and longer-term fluctuations can influence our clinical decision-making and present evidence that using domiciliary monitoring and demonstrate how longitudinal test measurements capturing the variability in asthma pathophysiology can better improve asthma care.\n\nThese findings underscore the need to move beyond static, one-size-fits-all approaches towards diagnostic strategies that recognise time as a critical dimension in asthma. In response to the mounting evidence, the Global Initiative for Asthma 2025 guidance has incorporated the influence of test timing into their diagnostic recommendations. Advances in digital health pave the way for harnessing temporal variability in diagnosis and treatment, opening new horizons for truly personalised asthma care.\n\n \n\nProfessor Akheel Syed, Diabetes, Endocrinology & Obesity Medicine, Salford Care Organisation, Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust\n\n \n\nFurther speaker to be confirmed\n\n
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LOCATION:MANDEC 3rd Floor, University Dental Hospital, Higher Cambridge Street, Manchester M15 6FH
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