Robert J. Adderley

TL;DR: The paediatric LTV population has expanded significantly over 15 years and future planning of paediatric hospital and community services, as well as adult services, must take into account the needs of this growing population.

TL;DR: Complications increased and the decannulation rate decreased over this 30-year review of tracheostomy at British Columbia Children's Hospital, considered a safe and effective procedure at BCCH.

TL;DR: This document provides a disease-specific review of illnesses associated with the necessity for long-term ventilation in children, including children with chronic lung disease, spinal muscle atrophy, muscular dystrophies, kyphoscoliosis, obesity hypoventilation syndrome, and central hypovENTilation syndromes.

TL;DR: Two cases of Branhamella catarrhalis bacteremia in childhood are presented and the literature is reviewed for this unusual cause of bacterenmia.

TL;DR: It is suggested that changes in paediatricians' approach to fluid administration are necessary, as there is no single fluid therapy that is optimal for all hospitalized children.