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This paper examines whether a Vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy affects the child's lung function predisposition towards lung disease such as asthma.
Recent studies have demonstrated that some children with acute bronchiolitis can be successfully managed using home oxygen therapy.
Co-Head, Foundations of Lung Disease
Head, Strong Beginnings Research, Co-head Foundations of Lung Disease
A lung function study carried out by Dr Shannon Simpson provided the most comprehensive follow-up of very pre-term children of any study so far carried out on the lung health of this vulnerable group.
A global research network has taken another step towards standardising the way doctors interpret commonly used lung function tests.
A groundbreaking WA trial, published in The Lancet, has determined that a laryngeal mask for babies is preferred over endotracheal tube during minor surgeries
Bronchiectasis is a chronic lung disease that impairs quality of life and reduces life expectancy.
To establish the burden of respiratory illness in cerebral palsy (CP) on the Western Australian health care system by quantifying the costs of respiratory hospitalizations in children with CP, compared with non-respiratory hospitalizations.
Despite advances in neonatal intensive care, babies admitted to Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU) suffer from adverse outcomes. We aim to describe the longer-term respiratory infectious morbidity of infants discharged from NICU using state-wide population-based linked data in Western Australia.