Soins. Pédiatrie, puériculture
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Soins Pediatr Pueric · Jul 2014
[Organisation and specificities of a paediatric intensive care unit].
A paediatric intensive care unit is, by definition, a high-tech place where children with life-threatening conditions are cared for. There are considerable challenges for the young patient and their family as well as for the organisation of the care within the units.
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The adaptation of the patient's breathing to the ventilator is a constant challenge in intensive care units. The use of a neurally adjusted ventilator assist (NAVA) system is growing. This system has shown an improvement in patient-ventilator synchronisation and the comfort of patients undergoing invasive or non-invasive ventilation in paediatric intensive care units. Its benefit in reducing the duration of mechanical ventilation and the length of stayin paediatric intensive care units remains however to be proven.