Abstract | OBJECTIVE: To review the various challenges of providing mechanical ventilation to pediatric patients with diseases of increased airway resistance, diseases of abnormal lung compliance or normal lungs. SOURCES: SUMMARY OF THE FINDINGS: CONCLUSIONS: The last decade was marked by significant advances in the management of pediatric respiratory failure. The choice of mechanical ventilation strategy can significantly influence the subsequent course of lung injury. Mechanical ventilation can no longer be viewed simply as a harmless support modality that is employed to keep patients alive while disease-specific treatments are used to ameliorate the underlying pathology.
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Authors | Alexandre T Rotta, David M Steinhorn |
Journal | Jornal de pediatria
(J Pediatr (Rio J))
Vol. 83
Issue 2 Suppl
Pg. S100-8
(May 2007)
ISSN: 0021-7557 [Print] Brazil |
PMID | 17508092
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Review)
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Topics |
- Airway Resistance
- Asthma
(therapy)
- Barotrauma
- Child
- High-Frequency Ventilation
- Humans
- Hypercapnia
(etiology, prevention & control)
- Lung Injury
- Positive-Pressure Respiration
- Respiration, Artificial
(adverse effects, methods)
- Respiratory Distress Syndrome
(therapy)
- Ventilators, Mechanical
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