A growing body of evidence supports the concept of a systemic response to non-severe thermal trauma. This provokes an immunosuppressed state that predisposes paediatric patients to poor recovery and increased risk of secondary morbidity. ...

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• 2022
• July 2022

Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a rare, progressive, inherited ciliopathic disorder, which is incurable and frequently complicated by the development of bronchiectasis. There are few randomised controlled trials (RCTs) involving children and adults with PCD and thus evidence of efficacy for interventions are usually extrapolated from people with cystic fibrosis. ...

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• 2022
• May 2022

In recent years there have been reports of viral haemorrhagic fever (VHF) epidemics in sub-Saharan Africa where malaria is endemic. VHF and malaria have overlapping clinical presentations making differential diagnosis a challenge. ...

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• 2022
• April 2022

Myopia (near-sightedness) is an important public health issue. Spending more time outdoors can prevent myopia but the long-term association between this exposure and myopia has not been well characterised. We investigated the relationship between time spent outdoors in childhood, adolescence and young adulthood and risk of myopia in young adulthood. The Kidskin Young Adult Myopia Study (KYAMS) was a follow-up of the Kidskin Study, a sun exposure-intervention study of 1776 children aged 6-12 years. ...

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• 2021
• March 2021

Climate change models predict that atmospheric carbon dioxide [CO2] levels will be between 700 and 900 ppm within the next 80yrs. In this study we aimed to assess the respiratory structure and function effects of long-term exposure to 890ppm CO2 from preconception to adulthood using a mouse model. ...

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• 2021
• January 2021

The aim of this study was to describe the demographic and neurocognitive profile of the first 199 individuals diagnosed with FASD in PATCHES Paediatrics clinics ...

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• 2020
• June 2020

Children's perceptions of parents' logistic support for physical activity indirectly and positively predicts children's physical activity levels ...

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• 2020
• April 2020

Abdominal pain in children and adolescents associates with depression, anxiety, being bullied, unhappiness and reduced overall health-rating during adolescence ...

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• 2020
• February 2020

Older adults who were not transported to the trauma centre had an increased odds of in-hospital mortality ...

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• 2019
• October 2019

Mandatory flour fortification with folic acid in 2009, led to further reductions in overall neural tube defects ...

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• 2019
• June 2019

In adult and elderly participants, the full-dose aH5N1c vaccine formulation was well tolerated and met US and European licensure criteria for pandemic vaccines ...

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• 2019
• March 2019

Although growing evidence suggests that dietary patterns associated with noncommunicable disease in adulthood may develop early in life. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2018
• April 2018