Abstract
A summary of the 2-day Journal Conference on Current Trends in Neonatal and Pediatric Respiratory Care is provided. Topics included: diagnosis and management of common respiratory disorders of infants and children such as asthma, respiratory syncytial virus bronchiolitis, and cystic fibrosis; and common pediatric respiratory emergencies such as croup, epiglottitis, and inhalation injuries. Also discussed were developments in diagnostic and therapeutic modalities, including pulmonary function testing and pulse oximetry. Evidence-based strategies for the resuscitation of critically ill newborns and subsequent ventilator management strategies were presented. Several faculty members discussed controversies regarding mechanical ventilation and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for treatment of acute respiratory distress syndrome and other causes of respiratory failure in children and infants.
- pediatric
- neonatal
- respiratory
- pulmonary
- asthma
- bronchiolitis
- mechanical ventilation
- pulse oximetry
- CROUP
- epiglottitis
- pulmonary function testing
- PFT
- cystic fibrosis
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- ARDS
Footnotes
- Correspondence: Carolyn M Kercsmar MD, Department of Pediatrics, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, 11100 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland OH 44106. E-mail: carolyn.kercsmar{at}uhhs.com.
Carolyn M Kercsmar MD presented a version of this report at the 31st Respiratory Care Journal Conference, Current Trends in Neonatal and Pediatric Respiratory Care, August 16-18, 2002, in Keystone, Colorado.
- Copyright © 2003 by Daedalus Enterprises Inc.
