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The Impact of Preintubation Noninvasive Ventilation on Outcomes in Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. Crit Care Med 2021 May 01;49(5):816-827

Date

02/17/2021

Pubmed ID

33590999

DOI

10.1097/CCM.0000000000004819

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-85104370095 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   16 Citations

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: There is evidence that noninvasive ventilation decreases the need for invasive mechanical ventilation. However, children with pediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome who fail noninvasive ventilation may have worse outcomes than those who are intubated without exposure to noninvasive ventilation. Our objective was to evaluate the impact of preintubation noninvasive ventilation on children with pediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome.

DESIGN: Secondary analysis of data from the Randomized Evaluation of Sedation Titration for Respiratory Failure trial.

SETTING: Thirty-one PICUs in the United States.

PATIENTS: Children 2 weeks to 17 years old with pediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome receiving invasive mechanical ventilation, excluding those admitted with tracheostomies.

INTERVENTIONS: None.

MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: Of 2,427 subjects receiving invasive mechanical ventilation, preintubation noninvasive ventilation was used in 995 (41%). Compared with subjects without preintubation noninvasive ventilation use, subjects with preintubation noninvasive ventilation use were more likely to have a history of seizures (10% vs 8%; p = 0.04) or cancer (11% vs 6%; p < 0.001) and have moderate or severe pediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome by the end of their first full day of invasive mechanical ventilation (68% vs 60%; p < 0.001). Adjusting for age, severity of illness on PICU admission, and baseline functional status, preintubation noninvasive ventilation use resulted in longer invasive mechanical ventilation duration (median 7.0 vs 6.0 d), longer PICU (10.8 vs 8.9 d), and hospital (17 vs 14 d) lengths of stay, and higher 28-day (5% vs 4%) and 90-day (8% vs 5%) inhospital mortalities (all comparisons p < 0.001). Longer duration of noninvasive ventilation before intubation was associated with worse outcomes.

CONCLUSIONS: In children with pediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome, preintubation noninvasive ventilation use is associated with worse outcomes when compared with no preintubation noninvasive ventilation use. These data can be used to inform the design of clinical studies to evaluate best noninvasive ventilation practices in children with pediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome.

Author List

Kopp W, Gedeit RG, Asaro LA, McLaughlin GE, Wypij D, Curley MAQ, Randomized Evaluation of Sedation Titration for Respiratory Failure (RESTORE) Study Investigators

Author

Rainer G. Gedeit MD Associate Chief Medical Officer in the Children's Administration department at Children's Wisconsin

MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Adolescent
Child
Child, Preschool
Critical Illness
Female
Humans
Infant
Intubation, Intratracheal
Male
Noninvasive Ventilation
Severity of Illness Index