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 …

Objectives Individuals dependent on long-term mechanical ventilation (LTMV) for their day-
to-day living are a heterogenous population who go through several transitions over their …

Background and Objective Delirium represents the most common form of acute cerebral
dysfunction in critical illness. The prevention, recognition, and treatment of delirium must …

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 …

Abstract Introduction/Aims Pulmonary decline is a major issue in patients with Duchenne
muscular dystrophy (DMD). Eteplirsen is a United States–approved treatment for patients …

This review focuses on the delivery of non-invasive ventilation—ie, intermittent positive-
pressure ventilation—in children lasting more than 3 months. Several recent reviews have …

Long-term non-invasive ventilation (NIV) is an accepted therapy for sleep-related respiratory
disorders and respiratory insufficiency or failure. Increase in the use of long-term NIV may, in …

Purpose Individuals with X-linked myotubular myopathy (XLMTM) who survive infancy
require extensive supportive care, including ventilator assistance, wheelchairs and feeding …

Advances in perinatal and pediatric intensive care and recent advances in mechanical
ventilation during the last two decades have resulted in an exponential increase in the …

Objectives To describe the current clinical practice patterns of Canadian pediatric
respirologists at pediatric tertiary care institutions regarding chronic tracheostomy tube care …