Children can present with multiple respiratory conditions that can vary from being fairly mild to severe, with impairment of normal, healthy growth and development. Diseases that present infancy and childhood include the following:

• 1. Stridor in infancy
• 2. Premature lung disease/prolonged ventilation/ bronchopulmonary dysplasia
• 3. Structural anomalies of the lung in infancy
• 4. Aspiration syndromes
• 5. Chronic cough
• 6. Wheezing
• 7. Recurrent respiratory infections and pneumonia
• 8. Asthma
• 9. Cystic fibrosis
• 10. Primary ciliary dyskinesia
• 11. Sleep disordered breathing/ central and obstructive apnoea
• 12. Respiratory failure/lung dependency
• 13. Congenital anomalies of the lung
• 14. Aerodigestive disorders
• 15. Interstitial lung disease
• 16. Neurodevelopment lung disease
• 17. Cardiac mediated lung disease
• 18. Auto-immune mediated lung disease
• 19. Pulmonary haemorrhage