Chronically critically ill pediatric patients represent an emerging population in NICUs and
PICUs. Chronic critical illness has been recognized and defined in the adult population, but …

The goal of this position paper on ventilatory support at home for children is to provide
expert consensus from Australia and New Zealand on optimal care for children requiring …

BACKGROUND: No comprehensive Canadian national data describe the prevalence of and
service provision for ventilator-assisted individuals living at home, data critical to health-care …

Die außerklinische Beatmung über einen invasiven oder nichtinvasiven Beatmungszugang
ist mittlerweile etablierter Standard. Entsprechend wurde bereits im Jahr 2010 unter der …

OBJECTIVE: Children who require chronic mechanical ventilation via tracheostomy are
medically complex and require prolonged hospitalization, placing a heavy burden on …

BACKGROUND: An increasing proportion of pediatric hospital days are attributed to
technology-dependent children. The impact that a pediatric home care nursing (HCN) …

Background The number of children receiving domiciliary ventilatory support has grown over
the last few decades driven largely by the introduction and widening applications of non …

Children with medical technology dependency (MTD) require a medical device to
compensate for a vital body function and substantial nursing care. As such, they require …

Long-term non-invasive ventilation (NIV) is a common modality of breathing support used for
a range of sleep and respiratory disorders. The aim of this scoping review was to provide a …

OBJECTIVES The incidence, as well as the predictors of mortality, for children receiving
home mechanical ventilation (HMV) using population-based data in Canada is a current …