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The perspectives of autistic adolescents and their parents on sleep strategies for insomniaAutistic adolescents are vulnerable to sleep difficulties, with up to 80 % experiencing sleep problems, most commonly insomnia. Little is known about how autistic adolescents are involved in their own sleep treatment, and their depth of knowledge about their sleep difficulties. The aims of this study were to investigate autistic adolescent and parent perspectives of experiencing and managing insomnia, and what factors influence the development of these perspectives on insomnia and treatment.
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Early surveillance of infants and preschool children with cystic fibrosisSensitive and non-invasive surveillance tools are needed for the clinical management of infants and preschool children with cystic fibrosis (CF). The lung clearance index from the multiple breath washout and functional and morphological outcomes from magnetic resonance imaging provide promising alternatives to current gold standard techniques. Early detection and treatment of lung disease during this important period offers the opportunity to improve the quality of life for individuals with CF.
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Deep or awake removal of laryngeal mask airway in children at risk of respiratory adverse events undergoing tonsillectomy - a randomised controlled trialWe found no evidence for a difference in the timing of the laryngeal mask airways removal on the incidence of respiratory adverse events
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End-inspiratory molar mass step correction for analysis of infant multiple breath washout testsWe aimed to evaluate the use of the EIMM-step method in a broad range of infants.
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Lung function in African infants in the Drakenstein child health study impact of lower respiratory tract illnessEarly life lower respiratory tract illness impairs lung function at 1 year, independent of baseline lung function
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Key paediatric messages from the 2016 european respiratory society international congressIn this article, the Group Chairs of the Paediatric Assembly of the European Respiratory Society (ERS) highlight some of the most interesting abstracts presented at the 2016 ERS International Congress, which was held in London.
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Early respiratory viral infections in infants with cystic fibrosisEarly viral infections were associated with greater neutrophilic inflammation and bacterial pathogens
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High success rate of lung function testing in healthy, unsedated 1- and 2-year-old South African childrenLung function measures in a health, unsedated 1- and 2-year-old children in a South African birth cohort study
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Multiple-breath washout as a lung function test in cystic fibrosis: A cystic fibrosis foundation workshop reportRecent technological advances in equipment design have produced gains in popularity for this test among cystic fibrosis (CF) researchers and clinicians...
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Novel drug targets for asthma and COPD: Lessons learned from in vitro and in vivo modelsThis paper is a review of potential novel therapeutic targets or tools for the treatment of asthma and COPD.