This review provides the latest developments and trends in the application of fractional
calculus (FC) in biomedicine and biology. Nature has often showed to follow rather simple …

An Official American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society Statement: Pulmonary
Function Testing in Preschool Children | American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care …

Background Bronchiectasis develops early in the course of cystic fibrosis, being detectable
in infants as young as 10 weeks of age, and is persistent and progressive. We sought to …

Rationale: The promise of newborn screening (NBS) for cystic fibrosis (CF) has not been
fully realized, and the extent of improvement in respiratory outcomes is unclear. We …

The cystic fibrosis (CF) lung microbiome has been studied in children and adults; however,
little is known about its relationship to early disease progression. To better understand the …

Rationale: Better understanding of evolution of lung function in infants with cystic fibrosis
(CF) and its association with pulmonary inflammation and infection is crucial in informing …

Background Cross-sectional studies implicate neutrophilic inflammation and pulmonary
infection as risk factors for early structural lung disease in infants and young children with …

OBJECTIVES: To determine the prevalence of bronchiectasis in young children with cystic
fibrosis (CF) diagnosed after newborn screening (NBS) and the relationship of …

Background Studies have described illness associated with cystic fibrosis (CF) early in life,
but there is no comprehensive accounting of the prevalence and ages of disease …

Background. We hypothesized that the inflammatory response in the lungs of children with
cystic fibrosis (CF) would vary with the type of infecting organism, being greatest with …