Paediatric respiratory diseases

1. Anatomy and development
2. Applied respiratory physiology and pathophysiology (including common respiratory symptoms)
3. Immunology and defence mechanisms
4. Environmental determinants of respiratory health and disease in childhood

Evaluation and management of:

1. Acute and chronic cough
2. Stridor, wheezing and other respiratory noises
3. Dyspnoea and breathlessness
4. Respiratory distress and respiratory insufficiency
5. Questionnaires in clinical assessment

1. Volume-time and flow-volume curve
2. Static lung volumes
3. Respiratory mechanics
4. Reversibility testing
5. Bronchial provocation testing
6. Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET)
7. Blood gas analysis and pulse oximetry
8. Lung diffusion
9. Ventilation inhomogeneity
10. Respiratory muscle function
11. Hygiene and infection control during test procedures
12. Definitions of measured indices
13. Choice and appropriate use of reference values
14. Test variability and reproducibility
15. Quality control in paediatric lung function laboratories
16. Health and safety issues in paediatric lung function laboratories
17. Lung function measurement in non-co-operative children

Additional diagnostic tests:

18. Understands how measurements of exhaled nitric oxide contribute to diagnosis and management
19. Induced sputum testing
20. Assessment of the respiratory risk of air travel, high altitude and diving

1. Organisation of an endoscopy suite including equipment maintenance and hygiene
2. Indications for, contraindications, performance and interpretation of flexible bronchoscopy and associated procedures
3. Sedation and anaesthesia for paediatric flexible bronchoscopy
4. Indications for and contraindications of interventional bronchoscopy techniques other than foreign body removal
5. Indications for and contraindications of rigid bronchoscopy
6. Evaluation and management of risks and complications of airway endoscopy

1. Principles of conventional radiography, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, isotope imaging methods and ultrasonography
2. Comparative radiation burden of commonly used imaging methods in children, and the ability to balance the risks and benefits
3. Indications for interventional radiology

1. Epidemiology, diagnosis, management and complications of:
2. Acute upper respiratory tract infections (including COVID-19)
3. Acute lower respiratory tract infections
4. Pleural infections
5. TB and non-TB mycobacterial diseases
6. Diagnosis and management of respiratory infections in high-risk situations
7. Diagnosis and management of protracted bacterial bronchitis and non-cystic fibrosis (CF) bronchiectasis
8. Lung involvement in an immunocompromised host
9. Microbiology and infectivity
10. Pharmacology of antimicrobial and antiviral drugs
11. Immunisations for respiratory pathogens
12. Accuracy and interpretation of microbiological tests

1. Phenotypes and their different pathologies and long-term outcomes (including underlying pathophysiology and basic epidemiology)
2. Environmental factors relevant to asthma and other wheezing disorders
3. Difficulties in diagnosis and differential diagnosis
4. Management of asthma and wheezing at different ages, including age-related pharmacology, and pharmacological and non-pharmacological management
5. Management of difficult and severe asthma

1. Anaphylaxis
2. Allergic rhinitis
3. Bronchopulmonary aspergillosis
4. In vivo and in vitro testing for allergic disorders
5. Prevention measures
6. Diagnosis and basic management of associated allergic conditions

1. Epidemiology, genetics, pathophysiology and prognosis
2. Screening and diagnosis
3. Epidemiology, diagnosis, management and complications of:
4. CF lung diseases

1. Epidemiology, diagnosis and management of common congenital malformations affecting the respiratory system
2. Antenatal diagnosis and management
3. Follow-up and long-term outcomes