ArticleFrontiers in pediatrics2023
Long-term sleep apnea CPAP via tracheostomy in children with tracheomalacia: 20-year experience.
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- Face-mask CPAP as palliative support for diffuse tracheobronchomalacia from ring agenesis in an infant: When sleep becomes therapeutic.Respiratory medicine case reports · 2026Article
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Abstract
Introduction: Children with severe tracheobronchomalacia may need placements of tracheostomies and long-term mechanical ventilation. Due to financial constraints, continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machines commonly used to treat obstructive sleep apnea in adults have been utilized to deliver positive distending pressure to such children at our institution for more than 20 years with favorable outcomes. We, therefore, reported our experience with 15 children using this machine. Methods: This is a retrospective study during 2001-2021. Results: Fifteen children, 9 boys, aged ranged 3 months-5.6 years, were discharged home with CPAP via tracheostomies. All had co-morbidities including gastroesophageal reflux ( Conclusion: We first reported the use of sleep apnea CPAP via tracheostomy in children with severe tracheomalacia. In limited-resource countries, this simple device may be another option for long-term invasive ventilatory support. The CPAP use in children with tracheobronchomalacia requires adequately trained caregivers.
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