One-year outcomes in a multicentre cohort study of incident rare diffuse parenchymal lung disease in children (ChILD)

We performed a prospective, observational, cohort study of children newly diagnosed with children’s interstitial lung disease (ChILD), with structured follow-up at 4, 8, 12 weeks and 6 and 12 months. 127 children, median age 0.9 (IQR 0.3–7.9) years had dyspnoea (68%, 69/102), tachypnoea (75%, 77/103...

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Published in:	Thorax 2020-02, Vol.75 (2), p.172-175
Main Authors:	Cunningham, Steve, Graham, Catriona, MacLean, Morag, Aurora, Paul, Ashworth, Michael, Barbato, Angelo, Calder, Alistair, Carlens, Julia, Clement, Annick, Hengst, Meike, Kammer, Birgit, Kiper, Nural, Krenke, Katarzyna, Kronfeld, Kai, Lange, Joanna, Ley-Zaporozhan, Julia, Nicholson, Andrew G, Reu, Simone, Wesselak, Traudl, Wetzke, Martin, Bush, Andrew, Schwerk, Nicolaus, Griese, Matthias
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Age Children & youth Cohort analysis Collaboration Heart rate Human health and pathology Life Sciences Lung diseases Peer review Pulmonology and respiratory tract Surfactants Ventilators
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Summary:	We performed a prospective, observational, cohort study of children newly diagnosed with children’s interstitial lung disease (ChILD), with structured follow-up at 4, 8, 12 weeks and 6 and 12 months. 127 children, median age 0.9 (IQR 0.3–7.9) years had dyspnoea (68%, 69/102), tachypnoea (75%, 77/103) and low oxygen saturation (SpO2) median 92% (IQR 88–96). Death (n=20, 16%) was the most common in those
ISSN:	0040-6376 1468-3296