A5024306774- Respiratory Support and Mechanisms
- Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research
- Sleep and related disorders
- Infant Development and Preterm Care
- Asthma and respiratory diseases
- Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances
- Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
- Respiratory and Cough-Related Research
- Infrared Thermography in Medicine
- Sleep and Wakefulness Research
- Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
- Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
- Phonocardiography and Auscultation Techniques
- Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies
- Tracheal and airway disorders
- Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue
- Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
- Down syndrome and intellectual disability research
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Family and Disability Support Research
- Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy
Sheffield Children's Hospital
2016-2025
Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust
2015-2024
NIHR MindTech MedTech Co-operative
2022
University of York
2018
TD Bank
2017
Institute of Child Health
2017
University of Sheffield
2001-2016
National Health Service
2010-2016
Sheffield Hallam University
2015
Mustansiriyah University
2015
Suboptimal adherence to inhaled steroids is common in children with asthma and associated poor disease control, reduced quality of life even death. Previous studies using feedback electronically monitored data have demonstrated improved adherence, but not a significant impact on clinical outcomes. The aim this study was determine whether introduction approach into routine practice would result outcomes.Children aged 6-16 years were randomised the active intervention consisting electronic...
<h3>BACKGROUND</h3> Over the last decade there has been an apparent increase in childhood wheeze. We speculated that much of reported may be attributed to term wheeze being adopted by parents describe a variety other forms noisy breathing. <h3>AIMS</h3> To investigate terminology used their children9s breath sounds. <h3>METHODS</h3> An interview was carried out with 92 infants breathing, beginning open question and then directed towards more detailed description. Finally, were asked choose...
Respiration rate is an important indicator of individual's health. Existing respiration monitoring systems are usually contact based, and so the sensing device attached to subject's body. This creates discomfort patient can interfere with normal breathing. paper presents a vision based contactless method rate. The involves image signal processing techniques extract chest abdominal movements' information from sequence video images recorded using single camera. system provided real-time...
To investigate the validity and reliability of computerised acoustic analysis in detection abnormal respiratory noises infants.Blinded, prospective comparison with stethoscope examination. Validity were assessed by calculating degree observer agreement using kappa statistic 95% confidence intervals (CI).102 infants under 18 months recruited. Convergent for between examination was poor wheeze (kappa = 0.07 (95% CI, -0.13 to 0.26)) rattles 0.11 (-0.05 0.27)) fair crackles 0.36 (0.18 0.54))....
Epidemiological studies indicate that the prevalence of "wheeze" is very high in early childhood. However, it clear parents and clinicians frequently use term for a range audible respiratory noises. The commonest sounds originating from lower airways infancy are ruttles, which differ classical wheeze sound much pitch, with continuous rattling quality lacking any musical features. aim this study was to clearly differentiate ruttles objectively using acoustic analysis. Lung were recorded 15...
A real-time thermal imaging based, non-contact respiration rate monitoring method was developed. It measured the related skin surface temperature changes under tip of nose. Facial tracking required as head movements caused face to appear in different locations recorded images over time. The algorithm detected nose and then, a region just it selected. pixel values this successive were processed determine rate. segmentation method, used part facial tracking, evaluated on 55,000 from 14...
<h3>BACKGROUND</h3> Exhaled nitric oxide levels are low in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF), despite the chronic inflammation present airways. This study aimed to determine whether of exhaled were reduced prior onset respiratory symptoms infants CF. <h3>METHODS</h3> The measured using a chemiluminescence analyser five CF and 11 healthy control subjects, both groups having mean age 48.6 days. <h3>RESULTS</h3> Mean significantly lower than group (4.9 ppb <i>v</i> 12.1 ppb; p=0.01)....
A method has been developed to track a region related respiration process in thermal images. The of interest (ROI) consisted the skin area around tip nose. was then used as part non-contact rate monitoring that determined temperature changes caused by respiration. ROI located first determining relevant salient features human face physiology. These were warmest and coldest facial points. tracking tested on video images containing no head movements, small random regular movements. proved...
Objective/Background Children with Down syndrome (DS) commonly experience difficulties executive function (EF). They are also vulnerable to obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA). OSA is associated EF deficits in typically developing children. A recent study reported an association between and cognitive 38 school-aged children DS. We experimentally investigated behaviours young DS, their OSA.Participants Methods DS were recruited take part a larger of (N = 202). Parents 80 (50 male) aged 36 71...
A retrospective review of pneumothoraces in children presenting to a major tertiary children's hospital is described. total 35 cases 31 patients spontaneous pneumothorax were identified over 10-year period. There was one case bilateral and three recurrent pneumothoraces. Twenty-four (69%) required intercostal tube catheter drainage for mean 4.9 days (range 2-10 days). Eleven cases, including two CF patients, with Marfan's Syndrome proceeded secondary surgical procedure after continuing air...
To provide up-to-date information on the use of long-term ventilation (LTV) in UK paediatric population and to compare results with data collected 10 20 years previously.A single timepoint census completed by LTV centres UK, carried out via an online survey.All patients attending services UK.Data were from 25 UK. The total study was 2383 children young people, representing a 2.5-fold increase last years. median age 9 (range 0-20 years). Notable changes since 2008 proportion central...
Objective Children with Down syndrome are at high risk of obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) and screening is recommended. Diagnosis OSA should be confirmed multichannel studies. We aimed to determine whether home pulse oximetry (HPO) discriminates children OSA, who need further diagnostic Design Cross-sectional prospective study in a training sample recruited through three UK centres. Validation used single-centre retrospective analysis clinical data. Patients aged 0.5–6 years. Intervention...