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Home Clinical Services Center for Healthy Infant Lung Development (CHILD)
The Center for Healthy Infant Lung Development (CHILD) at Children's Hospital Boston cares for infants and children with various forms of lung disease.

Program expertise ranges from care of premature infants to care of full-term infants with breathing difficulties.

Comprehensive Care
CHILD is staffed by an experienced team of clinicians, all with specialized training in the care of infants and toddlers with lung disease.

Our multidisciplinary staff includes:

  • Pulmonologists
  • Pulmonary nurse practitioner
  • Nutritionist
  • Pulmonary nurses
  • Social workers
  • Physical therapists
  • Respiratory technologists
We also work closely with pediatric specialists in Otolaryngology, Gastroenterology and Cardiology, when appropriate, to ensure that our patients receive comprehensive and coordinated care.
Specialties
  • Caring for children in the home with medical equipment. Our respiratory therapists and nurses provide training and guidance to patient families regarding home care, including monitoring breathing, safety, resuscitation, and how to recognize and respond to emergencies.

  • Helping hospitalized children (who are dependent on medical technology for breathing assistance) transition back to their home and school.

  • Weaning children from oxygen therapy.

  • Weaning children from ventilator dependency.

  • Long-term follow-up care for prevention of acute respiratory illness.
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Image Samantha's story
Born six weeks premature, Samantha had difficulty breathing on her own and required a ventilator. She's now off oxygen support and just celebrated her first birthday thanks to doctors at Children's.
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