Home Mechanical Ventilation
Chapter 116 Home Mechanical Ventilation Howard B. Panitch, MD Introduction •Home mechanical ventilation (HMV) is used to support patients with chronic respiratory failure (CRF). •The aim of HMV is to…
Airway Clearance Devices and Techniques
Chapter 113 Airway Clearance Devices and Techniques Karen A. Hardy, MD Introduction •Healthy children are able to clear their airway with cough and mucociliary escalator. •Some children do not clear…
Delivery of Inhaled Medications
Chapter 105 Delivery of Inhaled Medications Ariel Berlinski, MD, FAAP Introduction •Aerosol therapy is administered to infants and children to treat many respiratory conditions (according to Food and Drug Administration–…
Gastroesophageal Reflux and Recurrent Small-Volume Aspiration
Chapter 74 Gastroesophageal Reflux and Recurrent Small- Volume Aspiration Paul H. Sammut, MB, BCh, FAAP, FCCP, and John L. Colombo, MD, FAAP Introduction •Recurrent aspiration of small volumes of food…
Complications of Pneumonia: Pulmonary Abscess
Chapter 64 Complications of Pneumonia: Pulmonary Abscess Oren Kupfer, MD, and Paul C. Stillwell, MD, FAAP Introduction/Etiology/Epidemiology •The incidence of pulmonary abscess has decreased with the expansion of available antibiotics to treat…
