Respiratory Diseases of the Newborn Infant

Ian P. Sinha is a consultant respiratory paediatrician at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital (Liverpool, UK) and an Honorary Associate Clinical Professor at the University of Liverpool (Liverpool, UK). He is clinical lead for the National Asthma and COPD audit programme in the UK. Jayesh Mahendra Bhatt is a Consultant in Respiratory Paediatrics in a busy regional centre – Nottingham Children’s Hospital (Nottingham, UK). Alex Cleator is a senior neonatal subspeciality trainee. He is completing his training in tertiary neonatal intensive care units across Liverpool and Manchester (UK). Helen Wallace is a Senior Lecturer in Physiology (teaching focused), specialising in respiratory physiology eduction, at the University of Liverpool (Liverpool, UK).

In utero and post-natal development of the human lung and its defence mechanisms; Respiratory physiology; Respiratory support in the delivery suite and the NICU; Pathogenesis of BPD; Long-term sequelae of BPD; Management of BPD: strategies to prevent short- and long-term complications following discharge from the NICU; Pulmonary hypertension in preterm infants; When and how to close patent ductus arteriosus in a preterm infant; Primary ciliary dyskinesia; Structured approach to monitoring and weaning off home oxygen therapy in neonatal respiratory disease; Tracheal disorders; Congenital parenchymal structural lung lesions: cysts, emphysema and sequestration; Congenital diaphragmatic hernia; Pulmonary lymphangiectasia; Interstitial lung diseases; Neuromuscular disease and respiratory failure; Congenital infections of the respiratory tract; Managing cystic fibrosis; Sleep physiology and disorders; Histopathology of newborn lung disease; Chest radiology; Meconium aspiration syndrome; Socioeconomic determinants of early years respiratory health, and the impact on later life; Low- and middle-income countries; The ethics of resuscitation; Prophylaxis against respiratory syncytial virus in high-risk infants