Publications by authors named "H C Selvadurai"
Exercise capacity and the psychosocial effect in preterm born infants - Should we do more?
Paediatr Respir Rev
January 2025
Physical activity is crucial for children's physical, cognitive, and social development, reducing the risk of non-communicable diseases and improving overall well-being. A major legacy of extremely preterm delivery is respiratory limitation with reduced lung function and decreased exercise capacity which can be further exacerbated by inactivity and deconditioning. Strategies to increase incidental physical activities in early childhood and participation in sport and more formal exercise programmes in middle childhood have the potential to optimize cardiopulmonary function, improve quality of life, and foster social interactions in childhood and beyond, thereby providing benefits that extend far beyond the physical domain.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Empyema is the most common complication of pediatric community-acquired pneumonia, posing a significant morbidity to children. Clinicians have observed an increase in empyema rates and acuity in the years following the COVID-19 pandemic.
Methods: This retrospective analysis of children managed for empyema in a tertiary pediatric hospital, aimed to compare the incidence and describe the clinical characteristics prepandemic and postpandemic (2017-2023).
Article Synopsis
- Pediatric long COVID is still not fully understood, and this study aimed to explore its impact on children and adolescents following the 2021 Delta variant outbreak in Australia.
- Out of 11,864 surveyed parents, 17.6% responded, with 11.7% of children reporting ongoing symptoms or functional impairment; only a small fraction were classified as having Long COVID.
- The findings suggest that while most children recover within 12 weeks, a notable minority may experience long-term symptoms, highlighting the need for further attention and research on risk factors like age and previous health issues.
Introduction: Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an organism well known for causing significant morbidity and mortality in people living with chronic lung conditions such as cystic fibrosis. We describe the safety, tolerability, and potential efficacy of bronchoscopic and nebulised bacteriophage administration, offering insights into a potential breakthrough for the treatment of chronic infections particularly in children and adolescents.
Method: A 12-year-old female (F12) and a 17-year-old male (M17), both diagnosed with cystic fibrosis and chronic P.
Background: Effective detection of early lung disease in cystic fibrosis (CF) is critical to understanding early pathogenesis and evaluating early intervention strategies. We aimed to compare ability of several proposed sensitive functional tools to detect early CF lung disease as defined by CT structural disease in school aged children.
Methods: 50 CF subjects (mean±SD 11.