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Less sun, more cough: Annual hours of sunshine are inversely associated with hospital admissions for children with lower respiratory tract infection (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Gilchrist. (2019, September). Less sun, more cough: Annual hours of sunshine are inversely associated with hospital admissions for children with lower respiratory tract infection. Presented at ERS International Congress 2019, IFEMA, Madrid

Background: Vitamin D deficiency affects immune function increasing susceptibility to respiratory tract infections (RTI). Randomised controlled trials show vitamin D supplementation protects against acute RTIs. Most vitamin D (>90%) is acquired from... Read More about Less sun, more cough: Annual hours of sunshine are inversely associated with hospital admissions for children with lower respiratory tract infection.

Duration of initial antibiotic course is associated with recurrent relapse in protracted bacterial bronchitis (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Grose-Hodge, E., Carroll, W., Rainford, N., Gamble, C., & Gilchrist, F. (2019, September). Duration of initial antibiotic course is associated with recurrent relapse in protracted bacterial bronchitis. Presented at ERS International Congress 2019, Madrid, Spain

Background: Protracted Bacterial Bronchitis (PBB) is a leading cause of chronic wet cough in children. Antibiotic response is a diagnostic criterion but there is little evidence to inform duration of treatment. Relapse is common and those who relapse... Read More about Duration of initial antibiotic course is associated with recurrent relapse in protracted bacterial bronchitis.

Identifying Asthmatic Children using Tidal Breathing Parameters Measured by Structured Light Plethysmography (SLP) (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Gilchrist. (2018, September). Identifying Asthmatic Children using Tidal Breathing Parameters Measured by Structured Light Plethysmography (SLP). Presented at ERS International Congress 2018, Paris, France

Introduction: We have previously shown that several tidal breathing parameters measured using SLP varied between asthmatic children and healthy (Hmeidi et al., 2017). However, we did not test the classification power of a model which incorporates the... Read More about Identifying Asthmatic Children using Tidal Breathing Parameters Measured by Structured Light Plethysmography (SLP).

Interventions for preventing distal intestinal obstruction syndrome (DIOS) in cystic fibrosis. (2018)
Journal Article
Green, J., Gilchrist, F., & Carroll, W. (2018). Interventions for preventing distal intestinal obstruction syndrome (DIOS) in cystic fibrosis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, CD012619 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD012619.pub2

BACKGROUND: Cystic fibrosis (CF) is the most common, life-limiting, genetically inherited disease. It affects multiple organs, particularly the respiratory system. However, gastrointestinal problems such as constipation and distal intestinal obstruct... Read More about Interventions for preventing distal intestinal obstruction syndrome (DIOS) in cystic fibrosis..

Is hypnotherapy an acceptable treatment option for children with habit cough? (2018)
Journal Article
Gilchrist, F. (2018). Is hypnotherapy an acceptable treatment option for children with habit cough?. Complementary Therapies in Medicine, 27 - 28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ctim.2018.01.005

Habit cough is a chronic, persistent dry cough which occurs in children only when awake. It is considered functional (non-organic) and can have a significant impact on the quality of life of the child and their family. One possible treatment option f... Read More about Is hypnotherapy an acceptable treatment option for children with habit cough?.

The British Lung Foundation asthma management programme - improving asthma control in adults (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Gilchrist. (2017, September). The British Lung Foundation asthma management programme - improving asthma control in adults. Presented at ERS International Congress 2017, Milan, Italy

Background: The 10-year Finland asthma programme showed that educating healthcare workers, patients and families reduces hospital admissions and asthma-related deaths (1).

Aim: The Department of Health and the Scottish Government funded a 2-year p... Read More about The British Lung Foundation asthma management programme - improving asthma control in adults.