TNA-RESP Respiratory nursing actions

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Recommendations for mechanical ventilation of critically ill children from the Paediatric Mechanical Ventilation Consensus Conference (PEMVECC).European Society for Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care (PEMVECC/ESPNIC), 2017Guideline or evidence
Implementation of the American Society of Anesthesiologists 2022 paediatric guidelines in a child with mandibular metastasis.Anaesthesia Reports (case report applying ASA 2022 difficult airway guidelines), 2024Guideline or evidence
High-flow nasal cannula oxygen therapy for children with bronchiolitis: Implementation of a national guideline.Acta Paediatrica, 2025Guideline or evidence
Intubating laryngeal airway vs. direct laryngoscope: a crossover randomized controlled neonatal manikin trial.Italian Journal of Pediatrics, 2025Guideline or evidence
Experts' guidelines of intubation and extubation of the ICU patient of French Society of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine (SFAR) and French-speaking Intensive Care Society (SRLF) : In collaboration with the pediatric Association of French-speaking Anaesthetists and Intensivists (ADARPEF), French-speaking Group of Intensive Care and Paediatric emergencies (GFRUP) and Intensive Care physiotherapy society (SKR).SFAR/SRLF (with ADARPEF, GFRUP, SKR), 2019Guideline or evidence
Oxygen therapy for acute respiratory infections in young children in developing countriesWorld Health Organization, 1993Guideline or evidence
Oxygen therapy for children: a manual for health workersWorld Health Organization, 2016Guideline or evidence
WHO-UNICEF technical specifications and guidance for oxygen therapy devicesWorld Health Organization (WHO/UNICEF), 2019Guideline or evidence
Executive Summary of the Second International Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (PALICC-2).Pediatric Acute Lung Injury Consensus Conference (PALICC-2), 2023Guideline or evidence
All India Difficult Airway Association 2016 guidelines for the management of unanticipated difficult tracheal intubation in Paediatrics.All India Difficult Airway Association (AIDAA), 2016Guideline or evidence
The management of unanticipated difficult airways in children of all age groups in anaesthetic practice - the position paper of an expert panel.Polish Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care / Polish Neonatal Society, 2019Guideline or evidence
Airway management in neonates and infants: European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care and British Journal of Anaesthesia joint guidelines.European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (ESAIC) / British Journal of Anaesthesia, 2024Guideline or evidence
1142. Implementation and Impact of a Tracheitis Diagnosis and Management Guideline in a Pediatric Intensive Care UnitOpen Forum Infectious Diseases (IDWeek abstract), 2019Guideline or evidence
A comparison of the Airtraq®, McGrath®, and Macintosh laryngoscopes for difficult paediatric intubation: A manikin study.PLoS One, 2017Guideline or evidence
All India Difficult Airway Association 2025 guidelines for the management of unanticipated difficult airway in paediatrics under general anaesthesia.All India Difficult Airway Association (AIDAA), 2025Guideline or evidence
Effect of high-flow nasal oxygen therapy on perioperative hypoxemia in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC Anesthesiology, 2025Guideline or evidence
Laryngeal mask vs. laryngeal tube trial in paediatric patients (LaMaTuPe): a single-blinded, open-label, randomised-controlled trial.European Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2025Guideline or evidence
Comparison of Miller laryngoscope and UEScope videolaryngoscope for endotracheal intubation in four pediatric airway scenarios: a randomized, crossover simulation trial.European Journal of Pediatrics, 2019Guideline or evidence
First Clinical Consensus and National Recommendations on Tracheostomized Children of the Brazilian Academy of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology (ABOPe) and Brazilian Society of Pediatrics (SBP).Brazilian Academy of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology (ABOPe) / Brazilian Society of Pediatrics (SBP), 2017Guideline or evidence
Care of Infants and Children with Tracheostomies: An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guideline.American Thoracic Society, 2025Guideline or evidence
Complications of tracheostomy in children: a systematic review.Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology, 2022Guideline or evidence
Tracheostomy practices in children on mechanical ventilation: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Jornal de Pediatria, 2022Guideline or evidence
Automated versus non-automated weaning for reducing the duration of mechanical ventilation for critically ill adults and children: a cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis.Cochrane / Critical Care, 2015Guideline or evidence
As-needed endotracheal suctioning protocol vs a routine endotracheal suctioning in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: A randomized controlled trial.Colombia Medica (Universidad del Valle) / Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe, 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
Endotracheal Tube-Associated Complications in Paediatric Critical Care: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nursing in Critical Care, 2025Guideline or evidence
Randomized control study of nebulized colistin as an adjunctive therapy in ventilator-associated pneumonia in pediatric postoperative cardiac surgical population.Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia, 2022Guideline or evidence
Association of Arterial Hyperoxia With Outcomes in Critically Ill Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.JAMA Network Open, 2022Guideline or evidence
Efficacy and safety of high flow nasal oxygen for children with bronchiolitis: systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ Open Respiratory Research, 2021Guideline or evidence
A randomised controlled trial of an automated oxygen delivery algorithm for preterm neonates receiving supplemental oxygen without mechanical ventilation.Acta Paediatrica, 2014Guideline or evidence
FIRST-line support for Assistance in Breathing in Children (FIRST-ABC): a multicentre pilot randomised controlled trial of high-flow nasal cannula therapy versus continuous positive airway pressure in paediatric critical care.Critical Care (BioMed Central), 2018Guideline or evidence
Noninvasive high-frequency oscillatory ventilation as respiratory support in preterm infants: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Respiratory Research, 2019Guideline or evidence
Association of Extubation Failure Rates With High-Flow Nasal Cannula, Continuous Positive Airway Pressure, and Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure vs Conventional Oxygen Therapy in Infants and Young Children: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis.JAMA Pediatrics, 2023Guideline or evidence
Randomised controlled trial of oxygen therapy and high-flow nasal therapy in African children with pneumonia.Intensive Care Medicine (COAST trial investigators), 2021Guideline or evidence
'Nasal mask' in comparison with 'nasal prongs' or 'rotation of nasal mask with nasal prongs' reduce the incidence of nasal injury in preterm neonates supported on nasal continuous positive airway pressure (nCPAP): A randomized controlled trial.PLoS One, 2019Guideline or evidence
Phenotypes based on respiratory drive and effort to identify the risk factors when P0.1 fails to estimate ∆PES in ventilated children.Critical Care (BioMed Central), 2024Guideline or evidence
Estimation of inspiratory effort using airway occlusion maneuvers in ventilated children: a secondary analysis of an ongoing randomized trial testing a lung and diaphragm protective ventilation strategy.Critical Care (BioMed Central), 2023Guideline or evidence
High-Frequency Oscillation vs Mechanical Ventilation for Neonatal Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA Network Open, 2026Guideline or evidence
Comparison of hemodynamic consequences of hand ventilation versus machine ventilation for transportation of post-operative pediatric cardiac patients.Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia, 2023Guideline or evidence

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