Liberation and mortality outcomes in pediatric long-term ventilation: A qualitative systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To provide a systematic review of liberation from positive pressure ventilation and mortality of children with chronic respiratory failure who used long-term invasive and noninvasive ventilation (LTV).

Methods

Papers published from 1980 to 2018 were identified using Pubmed MEDLINE, Ovid MEDLINE, Embase, and Cochrane databases. Search results were limited to English-language papers with (a) patients less than 22 years at initiation, (b) patients who used invasive ventilation (IV) via tracheostomy or noninvasive ventilation (NIV), and (c) data on mortality or liberation from LTV. Data were presented using descriptive statistics; changes in outcomes over time were explored using linear regression. Follow-up variability, cohort heterogeneity, and insufficient data prec

SUBMITTER: Foy CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7891895 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature