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Outcome data from 15 years of cystic fibrosis newborn screening in a large UK region (2023)
Journal Article
Background: The West Midlands Newborn Bloodspot Screening Laboratory is one of 16 in the UK and serves two tertiary paediatric cystic fibrosis (CF) centres (Staffordshire Children’s Hospital at Royal Stoke and Birmingham Children’s Hospital). CF newb... Read More about Outcome data from 15 years of cystic fibrosis newborn screening in a large UK region.
Midlands empyema in paediatrics: A UK multicentre retrospective case series review (2023)
Presentation / Conference
914 Midlands empyema in paediatrics study (2023)
Journal Article
ALPINE2: Efficacy and safety of 14-day vs 28-day inhaled aztreonam for Pa eradication in children with cystic fibrosis. (2023)
Journal Article
Antibiotic eradication therapies recommended for newly isolated Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Pa) in people with cystic fibrosis (pwCF) can be burdensome. ALPINE2 compared the efficacy and safety of a shortened 14-day course of aztreonam for inhalation sol... Read More about ALPINE2: Efficacy and safety of 14-day vs 28-day inhaled aztreonam for Pa eradication in children with cystic fibrosis..
Implementation of a primary care asthma management quality improvement programme across 68 general practice sites (2023)
Journal Article
Despite national and international guidelines, asthma is frequently misdiagnosed, control is poor and unnecessary deaths are far too common. Large scale asthma management programme such as that undertaken in Finland, can improve asthma outcomes. A pr... Read More about Implementation of a primary care asthma management quality improvement programme across 68 general practice sites.
Symptom patterns and life with post-acute COVID-19 in children aged 8-17: a mixed methods studyprotocol. (2023)
Journal Article
Background: While there is a substantial body of knowledge about acute COVID-19, less is known about long-COVID, where symptoms continue beyond 4 weeks. Aim: To describe longer-term effects of COVID-19 infection in children and young people (CYP)... Read More about Symptom patterns and life with post-acute COVID-19 in children aged 8-17: a mixed methods studyprotocol..
Protocol for CLASSIC PBB: comparison of lower airway sampling strategies in children with protracted bacterial bronchitis (2022)
Journal Article
Background Protracted bacterial bronchitis (PBB) is an endobronchial infection and a the most common cause of chronic wet cough in young children. It is treated with antibiotics, which can only be targeted if the causative organism is known. As most... Read More about Protocol for CLASSIC PBB: comparison of lower airway sampling strategies in children with protracted bacterial bronchitis.
COVID‐19 infection and nocardiosis causing the death of an adolescent with cystic fibrosis (2022)
Journal Article
Letter
Saving our planet one puff at a time (2022)
Journal Article
Interventions for preventing distal intestinal obstruction syndrome (DIOS) in cystic fibrosis (2021)
Journal Article
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.
Interventions for treating distal intestinal obstruction syndrome (DIOS) in cystic fibrosis (2021)
Journal Article
BACKGROUND: Cystic fibrosis is the most common life-limiting autosomal recessive genetic disorder in white populations. Distal intestinal obstruction syndrome (DIOS) is an important morbidity in cystic fibrosis. It is the result of the accumulation o... Read More about Interventions for treating distal intestinal obstruction syndrome (DIOS) in cystic fibrosis.
Why are children with asthma bullied? A risk factor analysis. (2021)
Journal Article
The links between bullying and asthma have not been explored in children. We wanted to determine the child/parent factors and attitudes associated with asthma-related bullying. Individual child/parent responses of children with asthma (N=943) from th... Read More about Why are children with asthma bullied? A risk factor analysis..
Managing chronic wet cough in children: another piece of the puzzle. (2021)
Journal Article
Chronic wet cough is the hallmark of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in older people and bronchiectasis in adults and older children. In young children, the commonest cause of chronic wet cough is protracted bacterial bronchitis (PBB) but there... Read More about Managing chronic wet cough in children: another piece of the puzzle..
Longitudinal assessment of lung clearance index to monitor disease progression in children and adults with cystic fibrosis. (2021)
Journal Article
BACKGROUND: Lung clearance index (LCI) is a valuable research tool in cystic fibrosis (CF) but clinical application has been limited by technical challenges and uncertainty about how to interpret longitudinal change. In order to help inform clinical... Read More about Longitudinal assessment of lung clearance index to monitor disease progression in children and adults with cystic fibrosis..
Chapter 17: Respiratory Disorders (2021)
Book Chapter
Respiratory Disorders (2021)
Book Chapter
This sixth edition of the acclaimed and award-winning ‘Sunflower book’ comprehensively covers the undergraduate curriculum in paediatrics and child health. Topics are made accessible with numerous colour images, diagrams and case studies, and revisio... Read More about Respiratory Disorders.
Lupus vulgaris and disseminated BCG. (2021)
Journal Article
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