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Long-term Care for Ventilator-dependent Children

AAP Grand Rounds August 2003, 10 (2) 19-20; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1542/gr.10-2-19
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Source: Gilgoff RL, Gilgoff IS. Long-term follow-up of home Gilgoff RL, Gilgoff IS. Long-term follow-up of home mechanical ventilation in young children with spinal cord injury and neuromuscular conditions. J Pediatr. 2003;142: 476–480.OpenUrlCrossRefPubMed

The authors from Oakland Children’s Hospital and Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center, Calif., report a case series of all children who were discharged between 1980 and 2000 needing home mechanical ventilation that was initiated before their 6th birthday. Forty-six patients were identified and 7 were lost to follow-up. Data were collected from initial discharge till June 2001. Of the 39 children, 28 were boys. Twenty-three children had neuromuscular diseases and 16 had spinal cord injury (14 C2 level, 1 C3, and 1 C4,5). Eight children died over the study period. They had, on average, been treated with a mechanical ventilator for 11 years. Half had spinal cord injuries and half had neuromuscular diseases. Seven lived at home on a ventilator for less than a year. Two died from ventilator disconnection. The average age when surviving children started mechanical ventilation was 25 …

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