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Asthma is more common in childhood than in adulthood and is more correctly thought of as a syndrome than as a discrete condition.
Elke Jennifer Peter Seppanen Kent Richmond BSc PhD RN MBBS MRCP(UK) FRACP Program Manager, Bacterial Respiratory Infectious Disease Group Clinical
De novo S. aureus acquisition at age 3 is associated with later bronchiectasis and FEF25-75 in children with CF
Two outstanding researchers from the Wal-yan Respiratory Research Centre have been awarded a 2022 Innovation Fellowship supported by the WA Government's Future Health Research and Innovation (FHRI) Fund.
Respiratory IgE-sensitization to innocuous antigens increases the risk for developing diseases such as allergic asthma.
Professor Stephen Stick has been awarded the prestigious Richard C. Talamo Distinguished Clinical Achievement Award from the US Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
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Few studies exist investigating lung function trajectories of those born preterm; however growing evidence suggests some individuals experience increasing airway obstruction throughout life. Here we use the studies identified in a recent systematic review to provide the first meta-analysis investigating the impact of preterm birth on airway obstruction measured by the forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) to forced vital capacity (FVC) ratio.
Pneumonia is the leading cause of death in young children globally and is prevalent in the Papua New Guinea highlands. We investigated clinical predictors of hypoxic pneumonia to inform local treatment guidelines in this resource-limited setting.
Advances in understanding bacterial dynamics in the upper airway microbiome are driving development of microbiota-modifying therapies to prevent or treat disease