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Respiratory disease is a global issue and international networks are critical to informing best-practice approaches to the clinical care and management of childhood respiratory health.

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is the most common life‐shortening genetic disease affecting children.

Learn more about all of the Clinical Trials, Platforms & Cohorts at the Wal-yan respiratory centre.

The Respiratory Physiology Platform at the Wal-yan Respiratory Research Centre offers access to specialist equipment housed within the outpatient research department at Perth Children’s Hospital, dedicated for research use.
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The effect of a short sprint on postexercise whole-body glucose production and utilization rates in individuals with type 1 diabetes mellitusA sprint as short as 10 sec can increase plasma glucose levels in nondiabetic and T1DM individuals, with this rise resulting from a transient decline in...
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Consensus diagnostic criteria for fetal alcohol spectrum disorders in Australia: A modified Delphi studyTo evaluate health professionals' agreement with components of published diagnostic criteria for fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) in order to guide...
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Factors influencing the assessment of lung function in mice with influenza-induced lung diseaseThe constant-phase model (CPM) is commonly fit to respiratory system input impedance (Z rs) to estimate lung mechanics.
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How training affects Australian paediatricians' management of obesitySecondary care could be the optimal sector for managing child and adolescent obesity, given low primary care uptake and limited tertiary services.
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Prevalence and risk factors for cervical HPV infection and abnormalities in young adult women at enrolment in the multinational PATRICIA trialWe evaluated baseline data from the PApilloma TRIal against Cancer In young Adults (PATRICIA; NCT00122681) on the association between behavioral risk factors...
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Back pain beliefs are related to the impact of low back pain in 17-year-oldsDisability in adults with low back pain (LBP) is associated with negative back pain beliefs (BPBs).