The Impact of Preintubation Noninvasive Ventilation on Outcomes in Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

• Published in: Critical care medicine Vol. 49; no. 5; p. 816
• Main Authors: Kopp, Whitney, Gedeit, Rainer G, Asaro, Lisa A, McLaughlin, Gwenn E, Wypij, David, Curley, Martha A Q
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.05.2021
• Subjects: Adolescent; Child; Child, Preschool; Critical Illness - therapy; Female; Humans; Infant; Intubation, Intratracheal - methods; Male; Noninvasive Ventilation - methods; Respiratory Distress Syndrome - therapy; Severity of Illness Index

There is evidence that noninvasive ventilation decreases the need for invasive mechanical ventilation. However, children with pediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome who fail noninvasive ventilation may have worse outcomes than those who are intubated without exposure to noninvasive ventilatio...