Reference values were determined for 23 plasma free amino acids from measurements
done in 148 healthy children ranging from 0 to 18 years of age. Amino acid analysis was …

Background Inhaled hypertonic saline enhances mucociliary clearance, improves lung
function, and reduces pulmonary exacerbations in people with cystic fibrosis older than age 6 …

In this paper, we propose a multi-kernel classifier learning algorithm to optimize a given
nonlinear and nonsmoonth multivariate classifier performance measure. Moreover, to solve the …

Pulmonary magnetic resonance imaging using hyperpolarised 129 Xe gas (XeMRI) can
quantify ventilation inhomogeneity by measuring the percentage of unventilated lung volume (…

Lung disease in patients with both primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) or cystic fibrosis (CF) is
associated with impaired mucociliary clearance; however, clinical outcomes are typically …

Rationale: The lung clearance index (LCI) is responsive to acute respiratory events in
preschool children with cystic fibrosis (CF), but its utility to identify and manage these events in …

The lung clearance index (LCI) measured by the multiple breath washout (MBW) test is
sensitive to early lung disease in children with cystic fibrosis. While LCI worsens during the …

BACKGROUND Indications for a heart‒liver transplantation (HLT) for Fontan recipients are
not well defined. We compared listing characteristics, post-operative complications, and post-…

… Hartmut Grasemann, Pierluigi Ciet, Reshma Amin,Nancy McDonald, Michelle Klingel,
Harm AWM Tiddens, Felix Ratjen, Lars Grosse-Wortmann …McDonaldA, …

Background Pediatric heart transplant recipients have high‐risk cardiovascular profiles that
can affect their long‐term outcomes; however, promoting exercise and healthy diet has not …