Non invasive ventilation after extubation in paediatric patients: a preliminary study

• Main Authors: Los Arcos Marta (Author), Menéndez Sergio (Author), Concha Andrés (Author), Rey Corsino (Author), Medina Alberto (Author), Mayordomo-Colunga Juan (Author), García Irene (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) may be useful after extubation in children. Our objective was to determine postextubation NIV characteristics and to identify risk factors of postextubation NIV failure.</p> <p>Methods</p...