Search Results - "Stocks, Janet"
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Early lung development: lifelong effect on respiratory health and disease
Published in The lancet respiratory medicine (01-11-2013)“…Summary Interest in the contribution of changes in lung development during early life to subsequent respiratory morbidity is increasing. Most evidence of an…”
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Early life influences on the development of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Published in Therapeutic advances in respiratory disease (01-06-2013)“…There is increasing evidence that chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is not simply a disease of old age that is largely restricted to heavy smokers,…”
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Multi-ethnic reference values for spirometry for the 3―95-yr age range: the global lung function 2012 equations
Published in The European respiratory journal (01-12-2012)“…The aim of the Task Force was to derive continuous prediction equations and their lower limits of normal for spirometric indices, which are applicable…”
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Long-term impact of neonatal intensive care and surgery on somatosensory perception in children born extremely preterm
Published in Pain (Amsterdam) (01-01-2009)“…Alterations in neural activity due to pain and injury in early development may produce long-term effects on sensory processing and future responses to pain. To…”
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Prenatal vitamin d supplementation and child respiratory health: a randomised controlled trial
Published in PloS one (24-06-2013)“…Observational studies suggest high prenatal vitamin D intake may be associated with reduced childhood wheezing. We examined the effect of prenatal vitamin D on…”
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GREIT: a unified approach to 2D linear EIT reconstruction of lung images
Published in Physiological measurement (01-06-2009)“…Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) is an attractive method for clinically monitoring patients during mechanical ventilation, because it can provide a…”
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New reference equations to improve interpretation of infant lung function
Published in Pediatric pulmonology (01-04-2013)“…Rationale With increasing use of infant pulmonary function tests (IPFTs) in both clinical and research studies, appropriate interpretation of results is…”
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Ethnic variability in body size, proportions and composition in children aged 5 to 11 years: is ethnic-specific calibration of bioelectrical impedance required?
Published in PloS one (05-12-2014)“…Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis (BIA) has the potential to be used widely as a method of assessing body fatness and composition, both in clinical and…”
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Acceptability, Precision and Accuracy of 3D Photonic Scanning for Measurement of Body Shape in a Multi-Ethnic Sample of Children Aged 5-11 Years: The SLIC Study
Published in PloS one (28-04-2015)“…Information on body size and shape is used to interpret many aspects of physiology, including nutritional status, cardio-metabolic risk and lung function. Such…”
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Lung function in children in relation to ethnicity, physique and socioeconomic factors
Published in The European respiratory journal (01-12-2015)“…Can ethnic differences in spirometry be attributed to differences in physique and socioeconomic factors?Assessments were undertaken in 2171 London primary…”
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Secular Changes in Relative Leg Length Confound Height-Based Spirometric Reference Values
Published in Chest (01-03-2015)“…BACKGROUND Most but not all data from different ethnic groups fit the Global Lung Function Initiative (GLI) spirometric reference model. This study…”
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The EPICure Study: Association between Hemodynamics and Lung Function at 11 Years after Extremely Preterm Birth
Published in The Journal of pediatrics (01-10-2012)“…Objective To investigate the relationship between disturbed lung function and large-artery hemodynamics in school-age children born extremely preterm (EP) (at…”
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Airway Hyperresponsiveness in Children With Sickle Cell Anemia
Published in Chest (01-03-2011)“…Background The high prevalence of airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR) among children with sickle cell anemia (SCA) remains unexplained. Methods To determine the…”
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Wheezing Symptoms and Parental Asthma Are Associated with a Physician Diagnosis of Asthma in Children with Sickle Cell Anemia
Published in The Journal of pediatrics (01-04-2014)“…Objective To identify factors associated with asthma associated with increased sickle cell anemia (SCA). Study design Children with SCA (N = 187; mean age…”
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Challenges in Collating Spirometry Reference Data for South-Asian Children: An Observational Study
Published in PloS one (27-04-2016)“…Spirometry datasets from South-Asian children were collated from four centres in India and five within the UK. Records with transcription errors, missing…”
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The impact of switching to the new global lung function initiative equations on spirometry results in the UK CF Registry
Published in Journal of cystic fibrosis (01-05-2014)“…Abstract Background The Quanjer et al. Global Lung Function Initiative (GLI)-2012 multi-ethnic all-age reference equations for spirometry are endorsed by all…”
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Environmental Tobacco Smoke and Airway Obstruction in Children With Sickle Cell Anemia
Published in Chest (01-10-2013)“…Background The contribution of environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure to pulmonary morbidity in children with sickle cell anemia (SCA) is poorly…”
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Ethnic Differences in Fraction of Exhaled Nitric Oxide and Lung Function in Healthy Young Children
Published in Chest (01-11-2011)“…Background Ethnic differences in lung function in school-aged children and adults are well recognized, but little is known about such differences in preschool…”
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The Evolution of Airway Function in Early Childhood Following Clinical Diagnosis of Cystic Fibrosis
Published in American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine (15-04-2004)“…This study aimed to investigate the evolution of airway function in infants newly diagnosed with cystic fibrosis (CF). FEV(0.5) was measured soon after…”
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