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High success rate of lung function testing in healthy, unsedated 1- and 2-year-old South African childrenLung function measures in a health, unsedated 1- and 2-year-old children in a South African birth cohort study
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Deep or awake removal of laryngeal mask airway in children at risk of respiratory adverse events undergoing tonsillectomy - a randomised controlled trialWe found no evidence for a difference in the timing of the laryngeal mask airways removal on the incidence of respiratory adverse events
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Increased prevalence of expiratory flow limitation during exercise in children with bronchopulmonary dysplasiaExpiratory flow limitation is more prevalent in children born preterm with bronchopulmonary dysplasia and is associated with airway obstruction
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Persistent and progressive long-term lung disease in survivors of preterm birthThis review aims to summarise what is known about the long-term pulmonary outcomes of contemporary preterm birth
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Parents welcome follow-up using mobile devices: A survey of acceptability at an Australian tertiary paediatric centreWe surveyed 642 parents and carers at Perth Children's Hospital, targeting demographics, device ownership and attitudes towards electronic follow-up
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Novel drug targets for asthma and COPD: Lessons learned from in vitro and in vivo modelsThis paper is a review of potential novel therapeutic targets or tools for the treatment of asthma and COPD.
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Using lung function measurements to greater advantage in patients with lung disease: Which test and when?This paper is an introduction to a series of articles about improved measurement of lung function in patients with chronic lung disease.
The Children's Lung Health Team investigates lung growth and development through infancy, childhood, adolescence and early adulthood, in health and in chronic lung disease, and the impact of preterm birth on lung health outcomes.
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Preterm lung disease: not just for neonatologistsImprovements in neonatal critical care have resulted in more people than ever reaching adulthood after being born prematurely. At the same time, it is becoming clearer that preterm birth can increase the risk of respiratory disease throughout a person’s lifetime. Awareness that a patient was born preterm can enable early specialist assessment and intervention when there is any concern about lung health.
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Oscillometry and spirometry are not interchangeable when assessing the bronchodilator response in children and young adults born pretermThe European Respiratory Society Oscillometry Taskforce identified that clinical correlates of bronchodilator responses are needed to advance oscillometry in clinical practice. The understanding of bronchodilator-induced oscillometry changes in preterm lung disease is poor. Here we describe a comparison of bronchodilator assessments performed using oscillometry and spirometry in a population born very preterm and explore the relationship between bronchodilator-induced changes in respiratory function and clinical outcomes.