Educational aims The reader will come to appreciate: • Post-infectious bronchiolitis obliterans is potentially devastating disease. • History of respiratory infection in healthy children, frequently during childhood. • Nonreversible airway…
Highlights • There is no consensus on host-specific TB biomarkers for diagnosis or treatment response. • Testing multiple cytokines aids in the diagnosis of active and latent TB in children….
Educational Aims The reader will come to: • Update the evidence on IV-MgSO4 efficacy and safety as a second line of treatment in children with acute asthma exacerbations. • Understand…
Educational Aims The reader will come to appreciate: • The need to draw upon evidence from adult studies of the most similar interstitial lung diseases such as progressive pulmonary fibrosis….
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. •…
