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The newest European guidelines for the management of severe community-acquired pneumonia (sCAP). In patients with sCAP and aspiration risk factors we suggest standard CAP therapy regimen and NOT specific therapy targeting anaerobic bacteria (see Q8). erj.ersjournals.com/content/61/4/2…

"Swallowing disorder – A possible therapeutic target for preventing COPD exacerbations" An important review by my PhD mentor. Swallowing disorders is such an underdiagnosed comorbidity in COPD patients. Proud to have 4 of my original studies referenced. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Sharing our new publication on the prognostic factors of pneumonia in older adults! I have always been curious about long-term prognosis and functional prognosis (dependence levels) of our older patients diagnosed with pneumonia. Free download from link: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Healthcare professionals and care home workers - tell us your views and experiences with ‘risk feeding’ or EDAR (eating and drinking with acknowledged risks) in older adults! More info and survey link below: (Thank you to MNDA for sharing our study!) mndassociation.org/research/get-i…

The UK swallow research group conference has begun! Excited to participate in person for the first time :) My mentor / founding president of the UKSRG - Prof David Smithard welcoming the 200+ participants from across the UK and worldwide🌏 #UKSRG UKSRG

Thank you to the many participants who took interest in our poster! Preventing and treating swallow impairment with non-oropharyngeal exercise: a scoping review #UKSRG UKSRG

Grateful for the opportunity to share our studies on how we deal with aspiration pneumonia, and our initial retrospective feasibility study on EDAR in older adults. Hopefully next time we’ll be sharing the qualitative and quantitative phases of our EDAR project! #UKSRG UKSRG

Our new paper published! Well done to our hard-working junior doctor. ACE-inhibitors and beta blockers have been reported to have preventative effects for aspiration. Then how about their effects on pneumonia in older adults...? cureus.com/articles/22887…

New book published! 'A Multidisciplinary Approach to Managing Swallowing Dysfunction in Older People' A collection of the newest evidences. Honoured to have contributed to the 'complications' and 'respiratory infections' sections with co-authors from around the world.

New paper published. Proud to be part of this multidisciplinary team! In Japan, dentists and dental hygienists are a crucial part of dysphagia and aspiration pneumonia management. Read the paper for more on this collaboration and what the challenges are! ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

When older adults are hospitalised with pneumonia, how are decisions made on their oral intake, and how often is EDAR* chosen? *Eating and Drinking with Acknowledged Risks Check our newly published paper! Download free from here: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Thank you to all of you who joined us last night at the RCSLT 💙 #EDAR webinar. Hot off the press, a publication to add to the reference list link.springer.com/article/10.100… More to come from Yuki Yoshimatsu 🩺🇬🇧🇯🇵 comparing EDAR practice in the UK and Japan. Uni of Greenwich ILD | Institute for Lifecourse Development

For any of you who missed the RCSLT 💙 webinar on #EDAR here’s a link to the recording: youtube.com/watch?v=lFyY3P…

Sharing our new publication on SLT referral patterns over the years, using the UK national SLT database (ROOT). Has dysphasia been swallowed up by dysphagia...? Dharinee Hansjee karger.com/fpl/article/do…

Pleased to mention our EDAR qual paper has been published. It's great working with our Japanese colleagues and exploring cultural differences and similarities. link.springer.com/article/10.100… Yuki Yoshimatsu 🩺🇬🇧🇯🇵 Ryan Essex Uni of Greenwich ILD | Institute for Lifecourse Development