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| Title |
Dexmedetomidine is effective and safe during NIV in infants and young children with acute respiratory failure
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Pediatrics, August 2018
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12887-018-1256-y |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
M. Piastra, A. Pizza, S. Gaddi, E. Luca, O. Genovese, E. Picconi, D. De Luca, G. Conti |
| Abstract |
Noninvasive ventilation (NIV) is increasingly utilized in infants and young children, though associated with high failure rates due to agitation and poor compliance, mostly if patient-ventilator synchronization is required. A retrospective cohort study was carried out in an academic pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). Dexmedetomidine (DEX) was infused as unique sedative in 40 consecutive pediatric patients (median age 16 months) previously showing intolerance and agitation during NIV application. During NIV clinical application both COMFORT-B Score and Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale (RASS) were serially evaluated. Four patients experiencing NIV failure, all due to pulmonary condition worsening, required intubation and invasive ventilation. 36 patients were successfully weaned from NIV under DEX sedation and discharged from PICU. All patients survived until home discharge. Our data suggest that DEX may represent an effective sedative agent in infants and children showing agitation during NIV. Early use of DEX in infants/children receiving NIV for acute respiratory failure (ARF) should be considered safe and capable of improving NIV, thus permitting both lung recruitment and patient-ventilator synchronization. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 72 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 72 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 10 | 14% |
| Other | 9 | 13% |
| Researcher | 8 | 11% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 7 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 5 | 7% |
| Other | 12 | 17% |
| Unknown | 21 | 29% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 32 | 44% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 12 | 17% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 2 | 3% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 1 | 1% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 23 | 32% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 26 August 2018.
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#5,972,433
of 23,577,654 outputs
Outputs from BMC Pediatrics
#943
of 3,111 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#101,510
of 335,428 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Pediatrics
#33
of 70 outputs
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