Management of the pediatric difficult airway can present unique clinical challenges. The Pediatric Difficult Intubation Collaborative (PeDI-C) is an international collaborative group engaging in quality improvement and research in children with difficult airways. The PeDI-C established a WhatsApp™ group to facilitate real-time discussions around the management of the difficult airway in pediatric patients. ...

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• 2023
• December 2023

Concerns regarding adverse events following immunisation are a barrier to vaccine uptake. Health professionals use vaccine safety surveillance systems (VSSSs) to monitor vaccines and inform the public of safety data. With little known about public attitudes, perceptions, and experiences with VSSS, we examined them in the context of COVID-19 vaccinations in Western Australia. ...

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• 2024
• January 2024

Respiratory disease in cattle is a significant global concern, yet current diagnostic methods are limited, and there is a lack of crush-side tests for detecting active disease. To address this gap, we propose utilizing electrical impedance tomography (EIT), a non-invasive imaging technique that provides real-time visualization of lung ventilation dynamics. ...

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• 2024
• January 2024

Urban population growth in Nigeria may exceed the availability of affordable housing and basic services, resulting in living conditions conducive to vector breeding and heterogeneous malaria transmission. Understanding the link between community-level factors and urban malaria transmission informs targeted interventions. ...

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• 2024
• January 2024

Digital health interventions (DHIs) are effective in improving poor nutrition, physical inactivity, overweight and obesity. There is evidence suggesting that the impact of DHIs may be enhanced by improving user engagement. However, little is known about the overall effectiveness of strategies on engagement with DHIs. ...

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• 2023
• December 2023

This 14-color, 13-antibody optimized multicolor immunofluorescence panel (OMIP) was designed for deep profiling of neutrophil subsets in various types of human samples to contextualize neutrophil plasticity in a range of healthy and diseased states. Markers present in the OMIP allow the profiling of neutrophil subsets associated with ontogeny, migration, phagocytosis capacity, granule release, and immune modulation.  ...

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• 2024
• January 2024

About the program What is Yawardani Jan-ga EAL? What inspired Yawardani Jan-ga EAL? L-R: Romeo, Katie Pigram, Aggie Pigram, Abby-Rose Cox, Awesome, ...

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• 2020
• In the pipeline

The Chronobiology team works to understand the factors that contribute to poor lung and heart function in newborn infants and find ways to prevent heart and lung disease. ...

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• Early Environment
• Early Life & Life-Course Health

Stephen Yuliya Stick Karpievitch SM YK MB BChir PhD MRCP FRACP PhD, MS, BS Head, P4 Respiratory Health for Kids Ai and Data Analytics Lead, ...

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• Chronic and Severe Diseases
• Respiratory Health Program
• P4 Respiratory Health for Kids

Telethon Kids Discovery Study spawns on-the-spot tests to help vulnerable groups Pictured: PhD student Kalindu Rodrigo and Dr Timothy Barnett ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2023
• Paradigm shift