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Clinician-rated quality of video otoscopy recordings and still images for the asynchronous assessment of middle-ear disease
Video otoscopy plays an important role in improving access to ear health services. This study investigated the clinician-rated quality of video otoscopy recordings and still images, and compared their suitability for asynchronous diagnosis of middle-ear disease. Two hundred and eighty video otoscopy image-recording pairs were collected from 150 children (aged six months to 15 years) by an ear, nose, and throat (ENT) specialist, audiologists, and trained research assistants, and independently rated by an audiologist and ENT surgeon.
Published research Health Promotion & Education Ear Infections Early Childhood Development Ear Health Vaccine Trials GroupPredictors of hospital readmission in infants less than 3 months old
To examine rates and predictors of 7-day readmission in infants hospitalised before 3 months of age with infectious and non-infectious conditions. A retrospective population-based data-linkage study of 121 854 infants from a 5-year metropolitan birth cohort (2008-2012). Cox proportional hazard models were used to examine associations between infant and maternal factors with 7-day readmission.
Published research Infectious Diseases Vaccine Trials Group Subsite: Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Infectious DiseasesPreparing for Life: Plasma Proteome Changes and Immune System Development During the First Week of Human Life
Neonates have heightened susceptibility to infections. The biological mechanisms are incompletely understood but thought to be related to age-specific adaptations in immunity due to resource constraints during immune system development and growth. We present here an extended analysis of our proteomics study of peripheral blood-plasma from a study of healthy full-term newborns delivered vaginally, collected at the day of birth and on day of life (DOL) 1, 3, or 7, to cover the first week of life. The plasma proteome was characterized by LC-MS using our established 96-well plate format plasma proteomics platform.
Published research Infectious Diseases Allergy & Infectious Diseases Vaccine Trials GroupWhole-Cell Pertussis Vaccination and Decreased Risk of IgE-Mediated Food Allergy: A Nested Case-Control Study
Australian infants who received whole-cell pertussis vaccines were less likely to be diagnosed with food allergy in childhood
Published research Immunisation Human Immunology Infectious Disease Implementation Research Vaccine Trials Group Food Allergy