Viral and non-viral episodes of wheezing in early life and the development of asthma and respiratory phenotypes among urban children.

Background: Viral wheezing is an important risk factor for asthma, which comprises several respiratory phenotypes. We sought to understand if the etiology of early-life wheezing illnesses relates to childhood respiratory and asthma phenotypes.

Methods: Data were collected prospectively on 429 children in the Urban Environment and Childhood Asthma (URECA) birth cohort study through age 10 years.

Airway multidrug-resistant organisms in a population of tracheostomy and chronic ventilator-dependent children at a tertiary care pediatric hospital.

Objective/background: Children with tracheostomies are at an increased risk of bacterial respiratory tract infections. Infections caused by multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) are more difficult to treat and can result in severe complications. This study aimed to investigate the risk factors and sequelae of MDRO positivity in tracheostomy and chronic ventilator-dependent children.

Enhanced tracheostomy wound healing using maltodextrin and silver alginate compounds in pediatrics: a pilot study.

Background: Tracheostomy wounds are commonly encountered in children but rarely reported. Relatively few treatments are available or have been investigated to manage this problem. Healing times for pediatric tracheostomy wounds are often unpredictable and protracted.