Teriparatide as Treatment for Severe Osteoporosis in Lung Transplant Recipients.

Osteoporosis and osteopenia are common in lung transplant (LTx) recipients, with a significantly increased incidence compared to other non-lung solid organ transplant patients. Despite high fracture rates, including in patients treated with antiresorptive medications, there are limited data on the use of anabolic treatments in LTx recipients. We present clinical, biochemical and bone mineral density data for 3 patients with severe osteoporosis treated with teriparatide 20 micrograms daily for 18 months post-LTx.

2020 BASHH national clinical audit: Management of infection with .

This audit assessed adherence to standards specified in the BASHH national guidance for management of infection with (2018). All UK GUM/Integrated Sexual Health Services (Level 3 STI services) were invited to complete a brief survey of clinic service arrangements and case note review of the 40 individuals per clinic diagnosed with gonorrhoea via microscopy, nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT) and/or culture up to the end of 2019. Data collection was between 30/01/2020 and 27/03/2020 using an online survey.

2019 British Association of Sexual Health and HIV National Clinical Audit of timelines to be seen, test results and treatment for .

Background: BASHH/MEDFASH (Medical Foundation for HIV and Sexual Health) Standards for the Management of Sexual Health Services 20141 set out a number of recommendations regarding time between contacting a service to being seen, time to receiving results, and time to treatment. This audit investigated if UK practice is compliant with BASHH standards of care in terms of: Time to patient being seen after contacting sexual health services, time to chlamydia (CT) NAAT (nucleic acid amplification test) results and time from positive CT result to treatment.

Methods: All UK level 2 (non-specialist) and level 3 (specialist) sexual health clinics were invited to take part.

Public Health Amendment (Vaccination of Children Attending Child Care Facilities) Act 2013: its impact in the Northern Rivers, NSW.

Objective: The objective of the study was to explore the impact of implementation of the Public Health Amendment (Vaccination of Children Attending Child Care Facilities) Act 2013 on child-care centres in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales (NSW), from the perspective of child-care centre directors. Importance of study: Immunisation is an effective public health intervention, but more than 75 000 Australian children are not fully vaccinated. A recent amendment to the NSW Public Health Act 2010 asks child-care facilities to collect evidence of complete vaccination or approved exemption before allowing enrolment.