Educational Aims The reader will gain an improved understanding of: • Key terminology used in microbiome research for respiratory paediatrician. • The methods used to investigate microbial communities in the…
Educational Aims The reader will be able to: • Review the main features of necrotising pneumonia in children. • Understand the areas where there is a need for more evidence…
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…
