Publications by authors named "Rose Fahy"
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates the clinical use of nasal high-flow therapy for infants with bronchiolitis in Australian hospitals, focusing on the choice of initial oxygen therapy and the severity of the disease prior to treatment.
- Among 235 infants, those receiving high-flow therapy showed more severe respiratory symptoms and a longer hospital stay (0.6 days), with a higher rate of transfers to intensive care compared to those on standard oxygen therapy.
- The findings suggest that infants with greater disease severity are more likely to be treated with high-flow therapy, leading to more escalated care despite similar severity levels in both treatment groups.
Importance: Nasal high-flow oxygen therapy in infants with bronchiolitis and hypoxia has been shown to reduce the requirement to escalate care. The efficacy of high-flow oxygen therapy in children aged 1 to 4 years with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure without bronchiolitis is unknown.
Objective: To determine the effect of early high-flow oxygen therapy vs standard oxygen therapy in children with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure.
Introduction: Acute hypoxaemic respiratory failure (AHRF) in children is the most frequent reason for non-elective hospital admission. During the initial phase, AHRF is a clinical syndrome defined for the purpose of this study by an oxygen requirement and caused by pneumonia, lower respiratory tract infections, asthma or bronchiolitis. Up to 20% of these children with AHRF can rapidly deteriorate requiring non-invasive or invasive ventilation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe burden of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) among Indigenous children and adolescents is much greater than in non-Indigenous young people and appears to be rising, although data on epidemiology and complications are limited. Young Indigenous people living in remote areas appear to be at excess risk of T2DM. Most young Indigenous people with T2DM are asymptomatic at diagnosis and typically have a family history of T2DM, are overweight or obese and may have signs of hyperinsulinism such as acanthosis nigricans.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Little is known about the epidemiology of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection in arid desert regions and in the Aboriginal population. We describe the seasonality and epidemiology of RSV infection in Central Australia, an arid area with a large Aboriginal population.
Methods: Five-year retrospective study from 2000 through 2004 of children less than 2 years old admitted to Alice Springs Hospital with documented RSV infection.