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1Edwina Wooler is paediatric respiratory nurse specialist, Maggie Bunker and Cathy Warde are cystic fibrosis nurse specialists, Royal Alexandra Hospital for Sick Children, Brighton.
Insights
Paediatric respiratory disease is increasing, offering nurses chances to enhance care quality. Advances in neonatal intensive care lead to persistent respiratory issues in children, including rising asthma rates.
Area of Science:
- Pediatric Pulmonology
- Nursing Care
- Neonatal Intensive Care
Background:
- Increasing incidence of pediatric respiratory diseases.
- Advances in neonatal intensive care leading to persistent respiratory issues in early life.
- Rising rates of childhood asthma presenting clinical and management challenges.
Purpose of the Study:
- To highlight the growing need for specialized nursing care in pediatric respiratory diseases.
- To address the challenges posed by persistent respiratory conditions in children.
- To underscore the impact of increasing asthma incidence on pediatric healthcare.
Main Methods:
- Review of recent trends in pediatric respiratory disease incidence.
- Analysis of the impact of neonatal intensive care advancements.
- Examination of asthma prevalence and its associated problems.
Main Results:
- Paediatric respiratory disease incidence shows an upward trend.
- Neonatal intensive care has resulted in a cohort of children with persistent respiratory problems.
- Asthma incidence continues to rise across all pediatric age groups.
Conclusions:
- Nurses have a growing opportunity to specialize in high-quality respiratory care for children.
- Persistent respiratory conditions in children require ongoing clinical attention and management strategies.
- The rise in pediatric asthma necessitates advanced clinical and management approaches.
Abstract:
THE INCIDENCE of paediatric respiratory disease has increased over recent years giving nurses an opportunity to grow with the specialty and become providers of high quality care. Respiratory disease can affect all ages but advances in neonatal intensive care have given rise to a group of children who have persistent respiratory disease into early life. Asthma incidence continues to rise, for example, and can affect children of any age with many attendant clinical and management problems.
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