Open AccessInvasive and noninvasive ventilation strategies for acute respiratory failure in children with coronavirus disease 2019
Author(s) -
Jennifer Blumenthal,
Melody G. Duvall
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
current opinion in pediatrics, with evaluated medline/current opinion in pediatrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.817
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1080-8116
pISSN - 1040-8703
DOI - 10.1097/mop.0000000000001021
Subject(s) - medicine , intensive care medicine , respiratory failure , nasal cannula , respiratory distress , pulmonologists , population , pediatrics , anesthesia , surgery , cannula , environmental health
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 presents as symptomatic coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) disease in susceptible patients. Severe pediatric COVID-19 disease is rare, limiting potential data accumulation on associated respiratory failure in children. Pediatric intensivists and pulmonologists managing COVID-19 patients look to adult guidelines and pediatric-specific consensus statements to guide management. The purpose of this article is to review the current literature and recommended strategies for the escalation of noninvasive and invasive respiratory support for acute respiratory failure associated with COVID-19 disease in children.