TY - JOUR
T1 - Walking with continuous positive airway pressure
AU - Dieperink, W
AU - Goorhuis, J F
AU - de Weerd, W
AU - Hazenberg, A
AU - Zijlstra, J G
AU - Nijsten, M W N
PY - 2006/2/2
Y1 - 2006/2/2
N2 - A ventilator-dependent child had been in the paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) ever since birth. As a result, she had fallen behind considerably in her development. After 18 months, continuous positive airway pressure was successfully administered via a tracheostomy tube with a novel lightweight device. This enabled her to walk in the PICU. With this device, the child was discharged home where she could walk with an action range of 10 m. Subsequently, her psychomotor development improved remarkably. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first case report of a patient, adult or paediatric, who could actually walk with a sufficient radius of action while receiving long-term respiratory support.
AB - A ventilator-dependent child had been in the paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) ever since birth. As a result, she had fallen behind considerably in her development. After 18 months, continuous positive airway pressure was successfully administered via a tracheostomy tube with a novel lightweight device. This enabled her to walk in the PICU. With this device, the child was discharged home where she could walk with an action range of 10 m. Subsequently, her psychomotor development improved remarkably. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first case report of a patient, adult or paediatric, who could actually walk with a sufficient radius of action while receiving long-term respiratory support.
KW - abnormalities, multiple/physiopathology
KW - child, preschool
KW - continuous positive airway Pressure/instrumentation
KW - developmental disabilities/physiopathology
KW - diaphragm/abnormalities
KW - equipment design
KW - female
KW - heart defects, congenital/physiopathology
KW - hernia, umbilical/physiopathology
KW - home care services
KW - infants
KW - intensive care units, pediatric
KW - pericardium/abnormalities
KW - sternum/abnormalities
KW - tracheostomy/instrumentation
KW - walking/physiology
KW - intensive care afdeling
KW - kinderen
KW - chronische longziekte
KW - Continue positieve luchtwegdruk
UR - http://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/walking-continuous-positive-airway-pressure
U2 - 10.1183/09031936.06.00031305
DO - 10.1183/09031936.06.00031305
M3 - Article
C2 - 16585093
SN - 0903-1936
VL - 27
SP - 853
EP - 855
JO - The European respiratory journal
JF - The European respiratory journal
IS - 4
ER -