Day 5
There was a multidisciplinary meeting this morning, whereby, as the word implies, it involves medical professionals from different disciplines in case discussion. The focus was mainly on the lung oncology. It involved pathologist, radiologist, and physicians. CT scans were being projected on the screen, mainly lung nodules, mediastinum mass and metastatic tumours. (I still need some more practice in reading those CT scans I guess.)
After that, I went to the library to do some reading. Seriously, I missed the library that used to be there in our faculty in Lot 77. It was the place where I could really concentrate. *sigh*.
“Asthma, diet and microbiota”. Another interesting respiratory grand round presentation presented by Dr. Alison from Monash University. It was being held at ICU lecture theatre. She had done a clinical study on mice models to find out whether diet had anything related to asthma. Interestingly, high fibre and high acetate concentration in blood (short chain fatty acid) were found to be able to suppress allergic airway disease in immunological view. (However, there was no effect in an established asthma). Besides, same effect was found in foetus of the pregnant mice models which was being given acetate in the drinking water. It was a fascinating topic. Now, that is the power of research. Without it, there will still be no cure for many diseases.
And never forget that today is FRIDAY! Another weekend! Yeah!
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