A multi-institutional analysis of children on long-term non-invasive respiratory support and their outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To characterize a multi-institutional cohort of children with chronic respiratory failure that use long-term, non-invasive respiratory support, perform a time-to-event analysis of transitions to transtracheal ventilation and identify factors associated with earlier transition to transtracheal ventilation.

Study design

A retrospective cohort study of patients less than 21 years of age with diagnoses associated with chronic respiratory failure and discharged on non-invasive respiratory support was performed using data from the Pediatric Health Information System (PHIS) between 2007 and 2015. Demographic and clinical characteristics, as well as times from index discharge on non-invasive support to transtracheal ventilation were presented. A competing risk regression

SUBMITTER: Koncicki ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5898633 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature