Long-Term Non-invasive Ventilation in Children With Down Syndrome: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Children with Down syndrome are at risk for obstructive sleep apnea, which may not be resolved by adenotonsillecotmy, as well as other respiratory disorders that may impact breathing during sleep. Long-term non-invasive ventilation, including continuous and bilevel positive airway pressure delivery, is an alternate treatment strategy.

Objective

To assess the use and outcomes of long-term non-invasive ventilation in children with Down syndrome including comparison to other children using long-term non-invasive ventilation.

Data sources

The search strategy for the scoping review used Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) and free-text terms for "child" and "non-invasive ventilation." MEDLINE (Ovid), Embase (Ovid), CINAHL (Ebsco), Cochrane Library (Wiley), and PubMed d

SUBMITTER: Hudson S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9168004 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature