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Paediatrician Senior Consultant Paediatric Intensive Care Unit
Respiratory and Immunologic Dysfunction Critical Care Research Group Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu Children's Hospital
Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) provides a non-invasive, bedside, radiation-free method for monitoring regional ventilation and pulmonary perfusion in critically ill children. Introduction Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) is a non-invasive, radiation-free imaging tool that enables real-time monitoring of regional lung aeration at the patient’s bedside (Bachmann et al....
READ MOREShortening the weaning process of children receiving non-invasive ventilation (NIV) is challenging. We present the results of implementing a nurse-guided weaning protocol in our PICU. Introduction Given the low mortality rate in paediatrics, the management of acute respiratory insufficiency with non-invasive support has improved the variables resulting from the duration of
READ MOREDischarging ventilated children home is a difficult challenge in which the training of families is essential. We present our hospital's transition programme for ventilated children going home, which is based on a family-centred model. Introduction The progressive improvement of neonatal intensive care (NICU) and paediatric intensive care (PICU) over the last two decades, a
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