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Aim: The aims of this study are: (i) to survey the knowledge of paediatric clinicians using overnight continuous pulse oximetry data to guide management of infants with chronic neonatal lung disease (CNLD); (ii) to assess the ability of paediatric clinicians to interpret overnight continuous pulse oximetry data; and (iii) to describe the overnight oximetry interpretation practices of paediatric respiratory specialists.Methods: Paediatric clinicians from three tertiary teaching hospitals completed an anonymous survey regarding overnight continuous pulse oximetry in chronic neonatal lung disease. Using a modified Delphi technique, paediatric respiratory specialists participated in a concordance exercise and discussions to establish consensus interpretations for 25 oximetry studies. Paediatric clinicians were invited to complete the same exercise as a comparison.Results: Self-rated knowledge from 74 surveyed clinicians was proportional to clinical experience. Twenty paediatric clinicians and nine paediatric respiratory specialists completed the oximetry exercise with scores of 64% (κ = 0.25) and 80% (κ = 0.45), respectively. Individual parameters like a mean peripheral arterial haemoglobin saturation (SpO2 ) below 93% and percentage time spent below SpO2 93% correlated poorly with the consensus interpretations. Paediatric respiratory specialists instead relied on visual analysis of SpO2 waveforms, utilising the frequency and depth of desaturations to guide management.Conclusion: Interpretation of overnight oximetry data is variable amongst both paediatric clinicians and respiratory specialists. This likely reflects inadequate evidence defining clinically significant intermittent hypoxaemia, whether in terms of desaturation duration, frequency or nadir. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Childhood Interstitial lung disease (chILD) is an umbrella term used to define a broad range of rare, diffuse pulmonary disorders with altered interstitial structure that leads to abnormal gas exchange. Presentation of chILD in infancy can be difficult to differentiate from other common causes of diffuse lung disease. This article aimed at paediatricians provides an overview of interstitial lung disease presenting in infancy and includes key clinical features, a suggested approach to investigation and a summary of management. An overview of three clinical cases has been included to demonstrate the diagnostic approach, characteristic investigation findings and varied clinical outcomes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Chronic snoring (≥4 nights per week) is not benign. Otherwise healthy children with chronic snoring and evidence of adenotonsillar hypertrophy can be referred directly for adenotonsillectomy. Snoring children <30 months or with significant medical comorbidities should be referred for specialist sleep evaluation. Older children with intermittent snoring or without significant medical comorbidities can be managed with a combination of medical and surgical interventions listed herein. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]