, Aida Díaz Redondo2 and Antonio M. Esquinas3 (1) Intensive Care Unit, Virgen de las Nieves Hospital, Granada, Spain (2) Critical Care and Emergency Unit, San Cecilio Hospital, Granada, Spain (3) Intensive Care Unit,…
Spontaneous breathing trial (SBT) failure Clinical assessment subjective tools Agitation and anxiety Depressed mental status Cyanosis, diaphoresis Evidence of increased breathing effort Nasal flaring Excessive use of accessory muscles of…
Fig. 52.1 Mechanism by which HFO therapy obtains better oxygen concentrations in relation to low-flow systems 52.3 Mechanism of Action [3] HFO accomplishes washout of nasopharyngeal dead space. The extrathoracic…
and Punkaj Gupta1 (1) Department of Pediatrics Divison of Pediatric, Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine, University Of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock Arkansas, USA KeywordsNeuromuscular diseasePediatricsNoninvasive ventilationMechanical ventilationNoninvasive weaning Abbreviations…
Fig. 46.1 Bedside attended session of muscular active training involving the upper limbs Fig. 46.2 An advanced recovery phase: patient’s flat walking using a rollator but still needing the ventilatory…
Fig. 42.1 Ten-year-old girl with neurofibromatosis status post spinal cord tumor resection, extubated with a vital capacity of 180 ml and no ventilator-free breathing ability, using a 15-mm angled mouthpiece…
Before extubation: 1. Patient selection and timing of extubation: Age and body mass index (BMI) Nutritional status (both over- and underweight) Underlying diseases (cardiac and pulmonary conditions), previous use of…
Fig. 55.1 Roles for NIV in the weaning and peri-extubation period. COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, CPE cardiogenic pulmonary edema, SBT spontaneous breathing failure In 2001, an International Consensus Conference…
Fig. 53.1 Necker hospital decannulation flow chart The patient should be in a stable condition for at least 1 month. This delay depends on the child’s age and also on…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016Antonio M. Esquinas (ed.)Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation and Difficult Weaning in Critical Care10.1007/978-3-319-04259-6_51 51. Noninvasive Ventilation After Extubation in Pediatric Patients: Determinants of Response and Key Topics Juan Mayordomo-Colunga1 , Alberto Medina1 , Martí Pons-Òdena2 ,…
