PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Smallwood, Craig D
AU  - Davis, Michael D
TI  - Year in Review 2018: Pediatric Mechanical Ventilation
AID  - 10.4187/respcare.07029
DP  - 2019 Jul 01
TA  - Respiratory Care
PG  - 855--863
VI  - 64
IP  - 7
4099  - http://rc.rcjournal.com/content/64/7/855.short
4100  - http://rc.rcjournal.com/content/64/7/855.full
AB  - Mechanical ventilation is frequently used in pediatric patients to ensure adequate gas exchange, ameliorate respiratory distress, and enable resolution of pulmonary or other disorders. However, a number of important challenges remain in the pediatric population because there is a paucity of large-scale randomized controlled trials to generate data and inform clinical practice. This review summarizes a number of discoveries and advances that have been made in pediatric mechanical ventilation from June 2017 to December 2018.