Within London's LEZ, a smaller lung volume in children was associated with higher annual air pollutant exposures. We found no evidence of a reduction in the proportion of children with small lungs ...

Objectives To determine whether antenatal betamethasone prior to elective term caesarean section (CS) affects long term behavioural, cognitive or developmental outcome, and whether the risk of asthma ...

Introduction Ambient formaldehyde (HCHO) is globally distributed, posing significant exposure to vast populations, particularly vulnerable demographics such as children. Investigations into the ...

Background Numerous studies with varying associations between domestic use of solid biomass fuels (wood, dung, crop residue, charcoal) and respiratory diseases have been reported. Objective To present ...

Nirsevimab offers consistent and sustained protection against hospitalisation due to RSV-associated lower respiratory tract infection for at least 6 months. This finding provides global health systems ...

Objective: To determine the viral aetiology of respiratory infections in children presenting to primary care with “more than a simple cold”. Design: Observational study in 18 Oxfordshire general ...

Introduction. Upper-respiratory-tract infection (URTI) occurs commonly in childhood. On average, a healthy three-year-old child suffers from 6−10 colds per year. [] URTIs are usually mild, viral ...

Airway cellular dysfunction is a differentiating feature of severe asthma in children that may be related to an imbalance of the antioxidant, glutathione (GSH). We hypothesized that oxidation of ...

Anthropogenic heat (AH) exerts a substantial influence on the local urban climate and intensifies the urban heat island (UHI) effect. However, the impact of AH exposure on respiratory allergy symptoms ...

Numerous studies have demonstrated that speech analysis during wakefulness is a non-invasive and convenient method for Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) screening. However, the inherent differences in ...

MEANWHILE, WHO has linked respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) to approximately 100,000 child deaths globally each year, unveiling new recommendations aimed at reducing this toll through targeted ...

The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health has noted that single-use vapes are notoriously difficult to recycle and a each product contains an average of 0.15g of lithium, the mining of which ...