Non-invasive ventilation is useful in paediatric intensive care units if children are appropriately selected and carefully monitored

Abstract

NIV is useful in PICUs if children are appropriately selected and carefully monitored. Technological advances and future clinical research will improve its use and success rate in PICU.

Non‐invasive ventilation practices in children across Europe

“…The term non‐invasive ventilation (NIV) usually refers to non‐invasive positive pressure ventilation. As a general definition, NIV includes both noninvasive continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), and non‐invasive intermittent positive pressure ventilation . High‐flow nasal cannula oxygen therapy, although increasingly used, is not considered to be NIV .…”

“…Despite the paucity of randomized controlled trials (RCT) about its efficacy as a first‐line mode of mechanical ventilation in children, clinical evidence of the usefulness of NIV has led to a wide acceptance to treat several pathologies . Consequently, it has been reported that the use of NIV has significantly increased during the past two decades . The use of NIV has also spread outside intensive care units …”

“…Consequently, it has been reported that the use of NIV has significantly increased during the past two decades . The use of NIV has also spread outside intensive care units …”

“…As a general definition, NIV includes both noninvasive continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), and noninvasive intermittent positive pressure ventilation. 1 High-flow nasal cannula oxygen therapy, although increasingly used, is not considered to be NIV. 2 NIV is currently the preferred strategy to treat many patients in acute respiratory failure (ARF), both in adults and children.…”

Noninvasive ventilation in cancer children with acute respiratory failure

“…Noninvasive ventilation (NIV) is a treatment for patients with respiratory dysfunction accomplished by an external interface and a positive pressure ventilator [1]. NIV has been applying increasingly in pediatric patients with acute respiratory failure of various etiologies.…”