Plant-rich diets: Healthier for people and the planet.

Background: There are strong links between the rise in unhealthy diets and non-communicable diseases, which are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the community and have a strong impact on the health system. The current food system encourages poor food choices and fails to help many people follow the principles set out in the Australian Dietary Guidelines. There is also good evidence that healthier diets are likely to be more environmentally sustainable than the typical Australian diet.

[National recommendations for tracheotomy and tracheostomy care. Consensus for safe tracheostomy care of adult patients].

This article describes new Swedish guidelines for the care of adult patients having a tracheostomy. A national expert panel of ENT and anaesthesiology specialists appointed by each national specialist association reviewed fatal patient cases involving tracheostomy failure as well as national and international guidelines to produce a "best of practice" document. The main recommendation is that the health care provider has the full responsibility to ensure that the combined surgical competence at the hospital can handle acute airway problems also under difficult anatomical conditions.

Importance to question sinonasal symptoms and to perform rhinoscopy and rhinomanometry in cystic fibrosis patients.

Objectives: Cystic fibrosis (CF) patients almost regularly reveal sinonasal pathology. The purpose of this study was to assess association between objective and subjective measurements of sinonasal involvement comparing nasal airflow obtained by active anterior rhinomanometry (AAR), nasal endoscopic findings, and symptoms assessed with the Sino-Nasal Outcome Test-20 (SNOT-20).

Methods: Nasal cavities were explored by anterior rigid rhinoscopy and findings were compared to inspiratory nasal airflow measured by AAR to quantify nasal patency and subjective health-related quality of life in sinonasal disease obtained with the SNOT-20 questionnaire.

Soluble inflammation markers in nasal lavage from CF patients and healthy controls.

Background: CF sinonasal and bronchial mucosa reveal identical ion channel defects. Nasal Lavage (NL) allows non-invasive repeated sampling of airway surface liquid. We compared inflammatory mediators in NL from CF-patients and healthy controls, and in CF in relation to sinonasal pathogen colonization.

Concordant genotype of upper and lower airways P aeruginosa and S aureus isolates in cystic fibrosis.

Rationale: Lower airway (LAW) infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus is the leading cause of morbidity in cystic fibrosis (CF). The upper airways (UAW) were shown to be a gateway for acquisition of opportunistic bacteria and to act as a reservoir for them. Therefore, tools for UAW assessment within CF routine care require evaluation.