GuidelineThorax1998
Core guidelines for the discharge home of the child on long-term assisted ventilation in the United Kingdom. UK Working Party on Paediatric Long Term Ventilation.
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guideline: Pediatric Chronic Home Invasive Ventilation.American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · 2016Guideline
- Discharge Practice Variability in Pediatric Chronic Home Invasive Ventilation.Pediatric pulmonology · 2025Article
- Long-term Home Mechanical Ventilation of Children in İstanbul.Thoracic research and practice · 2025Article
- Home mechanical ventilation in children: evolving indications in an era of new treatment options.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2024Review
- Ventilatory support at home for children: A joint position paper from the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand/Australasian Sleep Association.Respirology (Carlton, Vic.) · 2021Review
- Follow-Up and Monitoring of Children Needing Long Term Home Ventilation.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2020Review
- Pediatric Home Mechanical Ventilation in Korea: the Present Situation and Future Strategy.Journal of Korean medical science · 2019Article
- Impact of the Regional Pediatric Palliative Care Network on the Care of Children on Long-Term Ventilation: Could the Availability of a Residential Solution into the Network Reduce the Duration of Intensive Care Unit Staying for These Patients?Journal of pediatric intensive care · 2018Article
- Respiratory Care Considerations for Children with Medical Complexity.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2017Review
- Parental Perceptions of Quality of Life in Children on Long-Term Ventilation at Home as Compared to Enterostomy Tubes.PloS one · 2016Article
- Increasing prevalence of domiciliary ventilation: changes in service demand and provision in the South West of the UK.European journal of pediatrics · 2011Article
- The influence of chronic health conditions on susceptibility to severe acute illness of children treated in PICU.European journal of pediatrics · 2006Article
- Home oxygen for children: who, how and when?Thorax · 2005Review
- Sending children home on tracheostomy dependent ventilation: pitfalls and outcomes.Archives of disease in childhood · 2004Article
- Current status of long term ventilation of children in the United Kingdom: questionnaire survey.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 1999Article
- Institutional care for long-term mechanical ventilation in Canada: A national survey.Canadian respiratory journalArticle
- How long does it take to initiate a child on long-term invasive ventilation? Results from a Canadian pediatric home ventilation program.Canadian respiratory journalArticle
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Abstract
Paediatric home ventilation is a feasible option and can be successful in a wide range of conditions and ages. Advances in ventilator technology and an ethos of optimism for home care has increased the possibilities for discharging chronically ventilated children from intensive care units and acute medical beds. With careful planning the process can succeed, but difficulties often thwart the responsible team, especially when attempting discharge for the first time. These core guidelines aim to assist a smooth, swift and successful transfer. They were developed by a working party of interested professionals spanning a wide range of health care disciplines and represent a synthesis of views accumulated from the experiences of individual teams throughout the UK. Three case scenarios provide further illustrative detail and guidance.
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