• Intensive care medicine · Jul 2005

    Facial side effects during noninvasive positive pressure ventilation in children.

    • Brigitte Fauroux, Jean-François Lavis, Frédéric Nicot, Arnaud Picard, Pierre-Yves Boelle, Annick Clément, and Marie-Paule Vazquez.
    • Pediatric Pulmonary Department, Armand Trousseau Hospital, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, University Paris 6, 28 avenue du Docteur Arnold Netter, 75012, Paris, France. brigitte.fauroux@trs.ap-hop-paris.fr
    • Intensive Care Med. 2005 Jul 1;31(7):965-9.

    ObjectiveThe study quantified the side effects of nasal masks use for noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV) in children.Design And SettingCross-sectional retrospective study in a tertiary pediatric university hospital.PatientsPatients with obstructive sleep apnea (n=16), neuromuscular disorders (n=14), and cystic fibrosis (n=10).InterventionsClinical evaluation of facial tolerance.Measurements And ResultsA skin injury was observed in 19 patients (48%), with a transient erythema in 7 (18%), prolonged erythema in 9 (23%), and skin necrosis in 3 (8%). Skin injury was associated with age over 10 years (OR=16) and use of a commercial mask (OR=15) and was less frequent in patients with obstructive sleep apnea. The change of a commercial mask for a custom-made mask was associated with reduction in the skin injury score. Global facial flattening was present in 68% of the patients. No correlation was observed with age, daily or cumulative use of NPPV, or the type of mask. A maxillary retrusion was present in 37% of patients. No correlation was observed with age or the type of mask or the underlying disease, but an association was found with a longer daily use of NPPV (OR=6.3).ConclusionsThe prevalence of facial side effects is clinically significant in children using NPPV. Systematic maxillofacial follow-up enables these effects to be identified. Remedial measures could include the change of the interface or reducing the daily use of NPPV.

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