Non-invasive respiratory support for infants with bronchiolitis: a national survey of practice

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• 作者：H. Turnham ; R. S. Agbeko ; J. Furness ; J. Pappachan ; A. G. Sutcliffe…
• 关键词：Bronchiolitis ; Respiratory failure ; Non ; invasive respiratory support ; Critical care
• 刊名：BMC Pediatrics
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：December 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：17
• 期：1
• 全文大小：1112KB
• 刊物主题：Pediatrics; Internal Medicine;
• 出版者：BioMed Central
• ISSN：1471-2431
• 卷排序：17

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BackgroundBronchiolitis is a common respiratory illness of early childhood. For most children it is a mild self-limiting disease but a small number of children develop respiratory failure. Nasal continuous positive airway pressure (nCPAP) has traditionally been used to provide non-invasive respiratory support in these children, but there is little clinical trial evidence to support its use. More recently, high-flow nasal cannula therapy (HFNC) has emerged as a novel respiratory support modality. Our study aims to describe current national practice and clinician preferences relating to use of non-invasive respiratory support (nCPAP and HFNC) in the management of infants (<12 months old) with acute bronchiolitis.