Indications and outcomes of pediatric high flow nasal cannula use in the home setting.

Objective: To describe the patient characteristics, indications, and clinical outcomes of home high flow nasal cannula (HFNC) among pediatric patients. To evaluate secular trends in home HFNC initiation between 2013 and 2022.

Methods: A retrospective review of all children on home HFNC between 2013 and 2023 was conducted at a tertiary care pediatric hospital in Ontario, Canada.

Characteristics and outcomes of home parenteral nutrition among children with severe neurological impairment.

Objectives: To describe the characteristics, secular trends, and outcomes of home parenteral nutrition (HPN) use among children with severe neurological impairment (SNI) and non-primary digestive disorders from 2010 to 2023 and compare outcomes to children with primary digestive disorders on HPN.

Methods: A retrospective review of all children with SNI and non-primary digestive disorders, where HPN was initiated between January 2010 and September 2023 at a tertiary care pediatric hospital. The Mann-Kendall trend test was used to assess trends in HPN initiation.

A core outcome set for multimorbidity risk in individuals with cerebral palsy.

Aim: To: (1) investigate the importance of outcome measurement instruments (OMIs) within a core outcome set (COS) for multimorbidity (at least two chronic health conditions) risk in individuals with cerebral palsy (CP); (2) investigate the feasibility of OMIs within the COS in international clinical research settings in adolescents and adults with CP; and (3) describe the associations between the COS data and Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) levels.

Method: Eighty-three individuals with CP completed a survey on health outcomes: physical behaviour, nutrition, sleep, endurance, body composition, blood pressure, blood lipids, and glucose. A cross-sectional study assessed the feasibility of the COS in 67 adolescents and adults with CP (mean age 30y, SD 15y 1mo, min-max: 14-68y, 52.