Background Cross-sectional studies have suggested a rapid expansion in paediatric long-term
ventilation (LTV) over the last 20 years but information on longitudinal trends is limited. …

Objective: We reviewed 5 years' experience with peritoneal dialysis in children with acute
renal failure after cardiac operations. We hypothesized that peritoneal dialysis is safe and …

To obtain information to guide the management of children and early adolescents with apparent
spontaneous pneumothorax the medical records of all patients over the age of 5 years …

Background Impaired cough results in airway secretion retention, atelectasis and pneumonia
in individuals with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Lung volume recruitment (LVR) …

Introduction Motivated by challenges faced in outpatient sleep services for mental health
and neurodevelopmental disorders (MHNDD) during the COVID-19 clinical shutdown, a pan-…

Introduction. Care during transport influences the outcome of head-injured children. Secondary
adverse events, eg, hypotension and hypoxia, worsen morbidity and mortality. Trained …

Airway pressure and air flow were measured at the endotracheal tube in 13 children on a
variety of ventilators. These signals were stored for analysis on a computer. Further data sets …

The response to intravenous administration of propranolol hydrochloride was studied in 24
children undergoing operation for isolated or complex right ventricular outflow tract …

Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome (CCHS) is a rare neurocristopathy with severe
central hypoventilation. CCHS results from a mutation in the paired-like homeobox 2B gene (…

Children with malignancies admitted to pediatric intensive care units (PICUs) for complications
of their treatment regimes have a high mortality. There are seven previous publications …