I.B.3 Acute respiratory failure
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Course modules
Videos
- Epiglottitis, Croup, Bronchiolitis - Pediatric Nursing - Respiratory Disorders | @LevelUpRNLevel Up RNVideo
- Managing Bronchiolitis & Asthma in Community Hospitals Pending Transfer to Tertiary Critical CareThe Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids)Video
- Breath by breath: the real science of gas exchangeWFPICCSVideo
- When blood meets air: VQ matching & shunt mysteriesWFPICCSVideo
Guidelines and evidence
- Consensus statement of the Paediatric Anaesthesiology and Intensive Therapy Section of the Polish Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Therapy on the use of VV ECMO in paediatric patients for the treatment of acute respiratory failure.Polish Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Therapy (Paediatric Section), 2026Guideline or evidence
- COVID-19 PICU guidelines: for high- and limited-resource settings.International PICU COVID-19 Collaboration (Pediatric Research), 2020Guideline or evidence
- Turkish Neonatal Society guideline on the management of respiratory distress syndrome and surfactant treatment.Turkish Neonatal Society, 2018Guideline or evidence
- Neurally Adjusted Ventilatory Assist vs. Conventional Mechanical Ventilation in Adults and Children With Acute Respiratory Failure: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in Medicine, 2022Guideline or evidence
- Thrombomodulin is associated with increased mortality and organ failure in mechanically ventilated children with acute respiratory failure: biomarker analysis from a multicenter randomized controlled trial.Critical Care (BioMed Central), 2021Guideline or evidence