Educational Aims The reader will come to appreciate how aerosol drug delivery to children depends on: • Selecting the right device, • Selecting the right interface, • Educating the patient…
Educational Aims The reader will be able to: • Understand the basics of RSV virology. • Recognize the needs and challenges associated with RSV vaccine and monoclonal antibody development in…
Educational Aims The reader will come to appreciate: • Supine spirometry is feasible in most children with DMD. • Supine spirometry did not predict sleep hypoventilation in children with DMD…
Educational Aims After reading the article, the reader will be able to: • Understand the rationale behind using positive end-expiratory pressure in ventilated patients. • Understand the potential adverse effects…
Abstract Positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) consists of the delivery of a constant positive pressure in the airways by means of a noninvasive interface aiming to maintain airway patency throughout the…
Educational Aims The reader will come to appreciate that: • Race-based disparities in pulse oximetry have been reported in large retrospective database studies involving adults and recently in pediatric populations….
Educational aims The reader will come to appreciate that: • Infection occurs through percutaneous inoculation or inhalation with contaminated soil and water. • Diagnosis of melioidosis can be difficult because…
Educational aims The reader will come to appreciate that: • Severe cystic fibrosis liver disease (CLFD) commonly presents in early childhood years, and affects up to 10 % of people with…
Educational Aims The reader will come to appreciate: • Many adults who were born extremely preterm in the 1980s and 1990s, and who did not develop bronchopulmonary dysplasia, have lung…
Introduction The Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) and the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program (NAEPP) of the US National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) recently recommended the use…
