How Long Does it Take to Initiate a Child on Long-Term Invasive Ventilation? Results From A Canadian Pediatric Home Ventilation Program

Reshma Amin; Aarti Sayal; Faiza Syed; Cathy Daniels; Andrea Hoffman; Theo J Moraes; Peter Cox

doi:10.1155/2015/107914

Canadian Respiratory Journal (Jan 2015)

How Long Does it Take to Initiate a Child on Long-Term Invasive Ventilation? Results From A Canadian Pediatric Home Ventilation Program

Reshma Amin,
Aarti Sayal,
Faiza Syed,
Cathy Daniels,
Andrea Hoffman,
Theo J Moraes,
Peter Cox

Affiliations

Reshma Amin: Division of Respiratory Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Canada
Aarti Sayal: Division of Respiratory Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Canada
Faiza Syed: Division of Respiratory Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Canada
Cathy Daniels: Division of Respiratory Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Canada
Andrea Hoffman: Division of Pediatrics, Holland Bloorview Rehabilitation Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Theo J Moraes: Division of Respiratory Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Canada
Peter Cox: Department of Pediatrics, University of Toronto, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/107914
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 22, no. 2
pp. 103 – 108

Abstract

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OBJECTIVE: To assess the length of stay required to initiate long-term invasive ventilation at the authors’ institution, which would inform future interventional strategies to streamline the in-hospital stay for these families.

Published in Canadian Respiratory Journal

ISSN: 1198-2241 (Print); 1916-7245 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the respiratory system
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7503

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