Telehealth application of an ultrasonic home spirometer.

Objective: To investigate the validity and home use of a personal ultrasonic spirometer.

Methods: Supervised spirometry was performed using laboratory equipment and a personal ultrasonic spirometer. In addition, the ability of children to perform acceptable spirometry during supervised telehealth appointments at home was assessed.

The 6-minute walk test is a good predictor of cardiorespiratory fitness in childhood cancer survivors when access to comprehensive testing is limited.

Cardiovascular disease is up to 10 times more likely among childhood cancer survivors compared to siblings. Low cardiorespiratory fitness is a modifiable risk-factor for cardiovascular diseases. Yet, cardiorespiratory fitness is not routinely screened in pediatric oncology, and healthy VO cut-points are unavailable.

Long-term morbidity of respiratory viral infections during chemotherapy in children with leukaemia.

Background: Respiratory viruses are a common cause of infection in immunosuppressed children undergoing cancer therapy. Pulmonary sequelae have been documented following respiratory viral infections (RVIs) in hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) recipients; however potential late effects in children undergoing nonmyeloablative chemotherapy have not been investigated.

Aim: To evaluate the long-term pulmonary morbidity of respiratory viral infections during chemotherapy in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).