{
  "abstract": "Children and young people (CYP) with cerebral palsy (CP) are increasingly being commenced on long-term respiratory support (continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) or non-invasive ventilation) to aid airway clearance. 1 2 Published evidence is sparse.1 2 This study aimed to identify the impact of respiratory support on airway clearance via proxy outcomes including hospital admission rates and antibiotic usage.",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Paediatric Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Royal Hospital for Children and Young People, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK",
        "Department of Child Life and Health, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Dhandayuthapani Rajkumar"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Child Life and Health, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK",
        "Respiratory Paediatrics/Paediatric Intensive Care, Royal Hospital for Children and Young People, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Catherine M McDougall"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Paediatric Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Royal Hospital for Children and Young People, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Florian Gahleitner"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Paediatric Orthopaedics, Royal Hospital for Children and Young People, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Mark M Gaston"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Paediatrics, Victoria Hospital Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Helen Sheridan"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Paediatric Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Royal Hospital for Children and Young People, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK",
        "The University of Edinburgh, Centre for Inflammation Research, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Steve Cunningham"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Paediatric Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Royal Hospital for Children and Young People, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK",
        "Department of Child Life and Health, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Donald S Urquhart"
    }
  ],
  "title": "Comparison of hospital admission and antibiotic usage before and after the initiation of long-term respiratory support in children and young people with cerebral palsy: a retrospective cohort study",
  "uid": "b25397f3-6a07-5a74-b737-f74712211bae"
}