Reports and Findings (Published Research)

Exploring the utility of indirect calorimetry to optimise nutrition in paediatric intensive care (ICONIC-1): a prospective observational cohort study protocol

The imprecision of predictive equations has led to recommendations for the use of indirect calorimetry to determine measured energy expenditure in the paediatric intensive care unit. However, the feasibility of newer devices, such as the QNRG+ and t…

Trends and indications for cesarean section in the ORIGINS birth cohort

Cesarean section (CS) rates have increased substantially in Australia, with particularly high use observed in private maternity care and for pre-labor CS. The aim of the present study was to describe the CS rates and the clinical indications for pre…

ELITE: Early Detection of Lung Disease to Improve Lifelong Trajectories

This national, multi-centre study will generate the evidence needed to implement promising preschool lung function tests, multiple breath washout (MBW) and oscillometry (OSC), into clinical practice to enable early detection of lung function impairm…

RISE RSV Survey

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International Society of Pediatric Respiratory Diseases (INSPiRED) call to action: A Global Ban on Electronic Cigarette Sales to Protect our Children's Future

Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) have become a leading form of nicotine use among children and adolescents worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that approximately 15 million young teenagers currently use these products. Contr…

Closing the Feedback Loop: Improving Communication of Findings With Aboriginal Research Participants Through Participatory Action Research

Adolescence represents a pivotal period for the development of early diabetes-related vascular complications, primarily driven by chronic hyperglycemia and associated metabolic disturbances. Metabolomics provides a promising tool to identify biomark…

When ‘vape-free’ should mean ‘smoke-free’: third-hand e-cigarette residues and the developing lung

E-cigarettes are widely perceived as a safer alternative to tobacco, and that perception often extends to their use around infants and children. Yet exhaled aerosol deposits onto indoor surfaces, leaving a residue, known as third-hand e-cigarette ae…

Effect of statins and ACE inhibitors on the metabolome in the Adolescent Type 1 Diabetes cardio-renal Intervention Trial (AdDIT) cohort

Adolescence represents a pivotal period for the development of early diabetes-related vascular complications, primarily driven by chronic hyperglycemia and associated metabolic disturbances. Metabolomics provides a promising tool to identify biomark…

Advancing equity: six-year respiratory outcomes in young Indigenous children following early respiratory disease detection

Protracted bacterial bronchitis (PBB), chronic suppurative lung disease (CSLD) and bronchiectasis are parts of a disease spectrum characterised by chronic wet cough (CWC). Untreated PBB can develop into CSLD/bronchiectasis.

Using Aboriginal participatory action research within a mixed methods study exploring COVID-19 vaccination uptake in Aboriginal women: a methodological framework for co-design

The COVID-19 pandemic evidenced the critical role of vaccination in reducing the severity of illness and the risk of infection. Despite the policies and efforts of governments to increase vaccination uptake, COVID-19 immunization among Australian Ab…