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ERS International Congress 2020 Virtual: highlights from the Allied Respiratory Professionals AssemblyThis article provides an overview of outstanding sessions that were (co)organised by the Allied Respiratory Professionals Assembly during the European Respiratory Society International Congress 2020, which this year assumed a virtual format. The content of the sessions was mainly targeted at allied respiratory professionals, including respiratory function technologists and scientists, physiotherapists, and nurses.
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Large-scale open-source three-dimensional growth curves for clinical facial assessment and objective description of facial dysmorphismCraniofacial dysmorphism is associated with thousands of genetic and environmental disorders. Delineation of salient facial characteristics can guide clinicians towards a correct clinical diagnosis and understanding the pathogenesis of the disorder. Abnormal facial shape might require craniofacial surgical intervention, with the restoration of normal shape an important surgical outcome.
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Physical activity vital to diabetes managementParents of children with Type 1 Diabetes often feel they need to wrap their child in cotton wool rather than let them get on with the job of being a kid and eve
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Jake jumps at trial opportunityMeet Jake O’Brien, the first patient to take part in the longest and largest at-home trial of a hybrid closed-loop insulin pump.
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Enhancing functional recovery for young people recovering from first episode psychosis via sport-based life skills training: outcomes of a feasibility and pilot studyEarly intervention within First Episode Psychosis (FEP) recovery efforts support functional recovery in several ways, including increasing levels of (1) physical activity (2) life skills, and (3) social connectivity. Sport has been proposed as an ideal platform to target these three goals simultaneously.
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Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder: Development of consensus referral criteria for specialist diagnostic assessment in AustraliaThe use of standard methods to identify when to refer individuals who may have FASD for specialist assessment could help improve the identification of this...
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A phase 3, randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial toevaluate the efficacy and safety of a respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) prefusion F subunit vaccine in infants born to women vaccinated during pregnancy (Matisse)Peter Richmond MBBS MRCP(UK) FRACP Head, Vaccine Trials Group Head, Vaccine Trials Group Professor Peter Richmond is Head of the Vaccine Trials Group
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Healthway Chronic ConditionsThe aim of this project is to develop and test a series of modules to promote mental health among young people with chronic conditions, using a positive psychology framework.
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School excursions at The Kids Research Institute AustraliaThe The Kids Discovery Centre schools pilot program is returning in 2021!
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Characterisation of peripheral bone mineral density in youth at risk of secondary osteoporosis - A preliminary insightNeuromuscular disorders, chronic diseases and low motor competence have a strong correlation to bone health for appendicular bone parameters in youth