2012 Scientific Report - Queensland Children's Medical Research ...

Research Activities and Achievements
ED Cough Study: The ED Cough Study is a cohort study of children aged less than 15 years
attending the Royal Children’s Hospital Emergency Department with a respiratory illness that
has cough as a symptom. It aims to explore the predictors and outcomes of acute respiratory
illness in children and the development of chronic cough over the four weeks post presentation.
The study is being conducted in partnership with the Departments of Respiratory Medicine and
Emergency Medicine at the Royal Children’s Hospital Brisbane and the Queensland Paediatric
Infectious Diseases Laboratory.
TLSiMKids Study (Tooth and Lung Sickness in Murri Kids): TLSiMKids is a cohort study of urban
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in Brisbane registered with an Indigenous specific
primary health care service. It aims to comprehensively explore the incidence, predictors and
outcomes of acute respiratory illness and dental disease, including clinical, epidemiological,
microbiological, social, cultural and economic factors. In addition, Indigenous methodologies are
being employed to explore risk and impact from an Indigenous perspective. The study is being
conducted in partnership with Murri Health Group, the Department of Respiratory Medicine at
the Royal Children’s Hospital Brisbane, the Poche Centre for Indigenous Health at the University
of Sydney and the Queensland Paediatric Infectious Diseases Laboratory.
Figure 2: Indigenous Representation of TLSiMKids. Artist: Indala (Mrs Linda Medlin)
CHiRRP: Combating Haemophilus influenzae related respiratory pathology: CHiRRP is a multicentre,
double blind randomised controlled trial that aims to determine the efficacy of a 10-
valent pneumococcal-Protein D conjugate vaccine in preventing respiratory exacerbations (flareups)
in children with bronchiectasis, chronic suppuratives lung disease and recurrent protracted
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