Auditory stimulation improves motor function and caretaker burden in children with cerebral palsy-A randomized double blind study (2018)
Journal Article
(2018). Auditory stimulation improves motor function and caretaker burden in children with cerebral palsy-A randomized double blind study. PloS one, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208792

Aim To investigate the impact of auditory stimulation on motor function in children with cerebral palsy (CP) and disabling hypertonia. Method 9 matched pairs (age: 7y5m, SD 4y1m; 13 boys; gross-motor-functional-classification-scale: median 4; manual-... Read More about Auditory stimulation improves motor function and caretaker burden in children with cerebral palsy-A randomized double blind study.

UNWARRANTED USE OF NEPHROTOXIC ANTIBIOTICS IN CHILDREN WITH CYSTIC FIBROSIS (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Gilchrist. (2018, December). UNWARRANTED USE OF NEPHROTOXIC ANTIBIOTICS IN CHILDREN WITH CYSTIC FIBROSIS. Presented at British Thoracic Society Winter Meeting 2018, QEII Centre, Broad Sanctuary, Westminster, London, England

Introduction As life expectancy of individuals with cystic fibrosis (CF) continues to increase, complications resulting from lifetime drug exposures and CF comorbidities are becoming more prevalent. An example of this is chronic kidney disease (CKD).... Read More about UNWARRANTED USE OF NEPHROTOXIC ANTIBIOTICS IN CHILDREN WITH CYSTIC FIBROSIS.

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).

Incidence and sociodemographic characteristics of eczema diagnosis in children: a cohort study (2018)
Journal Article
(2018). Incidence and sociodemographic characteristics of eczema diagnosis in children: a cohort study. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 1927-1929. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaci.2017.12.997

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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?.