ArticleArchives of disease in childhood2004
Outcome of children with neuromuscular disease admitted to paediatric intensive care.
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- Pediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome in children with type I - spinal muscular atrophy: a 12-year case series.European journal of pediatrics · 2025Article
- Evaluating treatment and care outcomes for neuromuscular diseases in a pediatric intermediate care setting.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Article
- Characteristics and Outcomes of Young Adult Patients with Severe Sepsis Admitted to Pediatric Intensive Care Units Versus Medical/Surgical Intensive Care Units.Journal of intensive care medicine · 2023Article
- Risk Factors of Readmission to Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Within 1 Year: A Case-Control Study.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Article
- All You Need Is Evidence: What We Know About Pneumonia in Children With Neuromuscular Diseases.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2021Review
- Noninvasive Ventilation and Mechanical Insufflator-Exsufflator for Acute Respiratory Failure in Children With Neuromuscular Disorders.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2020Review
- Mechanical insufflation-exsufflation: Practice patterns among respiratory therapists in Ontario.Canadian journal of respiratory therapy : CJRT = Revue canadienne de la therapie respiratoire : RCTR · 2015Article
- Withdrawal of ventilatory support outside the intensive care unit: guidance for practice.Archives of disease in childhood · 2014Article
- Children with chronic illness return to their baseline functional status after organ dysfunction on the first day of admission in the pediatric intensive care unit.The Journal of pediatrics · 2010Article
- Combined noninvasive ventilation and mechanical insufflator-exsufflator for acute respiratory failure in patients with neuromuscular disease: effectiveness and outcome predictors.Therapeutic advances in respiratory diseaseObservational
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Abstract
aimsTo determine the outcome of children with neuromuscular disease (NMD) following admission to a tertiary referral paediatric intensive care (PICU).
methodsAll children with chronic NMD whose first PICU admission was between July 1986 and June 2001 were followed up from their first PICU admission to time of study. The outcomes recorded were death in or outside of PICU, duration of PICU admission, artificial ventilation during admission and following discharge from PICU, and readmission to PICU.
resultsOver 15 years, 28 children were admitted on 69 occasions. Sixteen (57%) children had more than one admission. The median duration of PICU admission was 4 days (range 0.5-42). Twenty three per cent of unplanned admissions resulted in the commencement of respiratory support that was continued after discharge from the PICU. Severity of functional impairment was not associated with longer duration of stay or higher PRISM scores. Ten children (36%) died, with four (14%) deaths in the PICU. A higher proportion of children with severe limitation of function were among children that died compared to survivors.
conclusionMost children with NMD admitted to the PICU recover and are discharged without the need for prolonged invasive ventilation. However, in this group of children, the use of non-invasive home based ventilation is common and they are likely to require further PICU admission.
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