Abstract The use of high flow nasal cannula (HFNC) in the treatment of bronchiolitis has markedly increased in the last decade, yet randomized controlled trials have reported little clinical benefit…
Educational aims The reader will be able to: • Describe high flow nasal canula (HFNC) and its physiology • Discuss the history and evolution of high flow nasal canula use…
Abstract High Flow Nasal Cannula therapy (HFNC) is a form of respiratory support for bronchiolitis. Recent evidence confirms HFNC reduces the risk of treatment escalation by nearly half (45%) compared…
Educational Aims The reader will come to appreciate: • The administration of vitamin D to mothers at-risk of preterm delivery and increased lung function, decreased respiratory distress, TTN, and RDS…
Educational aims The reader will be able to: • Explain how children are more vulnerable than adults to the respiratory health effects of climate change due to physiological and behavioural…
Educational aims The reader will come to appreciate: • Understand that the literature available on post-tuberculosis lung disease (PTLD) in children and adolescents lacks a consistent terminology or definition. •…
Educational aims The reader will come to appreciate that: • The long-term legacy of COVID-19 in children will likely be more psychological than physical. • Psychological trauma takes many forms…
Educational Aims The reader will come to appreciate: Our current understanding of what Post Covid Syndrome (PCS) represents. The presentation and assessment of children and young people (CYP) with PCS….
Educational aims The reader will come to appreciate: • HHT is an underdiagnosed condition, with a vast range of clinical manifestations. • Pulmonary hypertension is a rare, but important complication…
Highlights • Available technology for the assessment of Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA). • The need to juxtapose the certainty versus the probability of the diagnosis of OSA in the clinical…
