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Home Noninvasive Ventilation in Pediatric Subjects With Neuromuscular Diseases: One Size Fits All

Mathis Steindor, Carolin E Wagner, Claudia Bock, Maximilian Eckerland, Laura Heitschmidt, Leopold Pichlmaier, Margerete Olivier, Anastasios Bouikidis, Joerg Grosse-Onnebrink, Uwe Mellies and Florian Stehling
Respiratory Care March 2021, 66 (3) 410-415; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4187/respcare.08079
Mathis Steindor
Pediatric Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine, Children's Hospital, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
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Carolin E Wagner
Pediatric Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine, Children's Hospital, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
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Claudia Bock
Pediatric Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine, Children's Hospital, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
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Maximilian Eckerland
Pediatric Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine, Children's Hospital, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
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Laura Heitschmidt
Pediatric Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine, Children's Hospital, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
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Leopold Pichlmaier
Pediatric Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine, Children's Hospital, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
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Margerete Olivier
Pediatric Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine, Children's Hospital, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
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Anastasios Bouikidis
Pediatric Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine, Children's Hospital, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
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Joerg Grosse-Onnebrink
Department of General Pediatrics, Pediatric Respiratory Medicine Unit, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany.
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Uwe Mellies
Pediatric Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine, Children's Hospital, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
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Florian Stehling
Pediatric Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine, Children's Hospital, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
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BACKGROUND: Home noninvasive ventilation (NIV) improves disease courses of patients with respiratory insufficiency due to neuromuscular diseases. Data about appropriate ventilator settings for pediatric patients are missing.

METHODS: In this retrospective study, ventilator settings of 128 subjects with neuromuscular disease aged 0–17 y with NIV were compared between 4 age groups (< 1 y, 0–5 y, 6–11 y, and 12–17 y). Additionally, correlations of ventilator settings with age and vital capacity were investigated in an ungrouped approach.

RESULTS: Ventilator backup rate decreased significantly with age, leading to significant backup rate differences between all groups except the oldest two. Median (interquartile range) backup rates were 36 (11.5), 24 (4), 20 (4), and 20 (3) breaths/min in groups 1–4, respectively. Median [IQR] expiratory positive airway pressures (4 [0.5], 4 [0], 4 [0], 4 [1] cm H2O, respectively) and median [IQR] inspiratory positive airway pressures (12 [1.5], 12 [5], 12 [2.3], and 14 [4] cm H2O, respectively) showed no significant differences. However, correlation analyses indicated an increase of inspiratory positive airway pressure with age and decreasing FVC, as well as an increase of backup rates with decreasing FVC.

CONCLUSIONS: Similar NIV settings fit all age groups of pediatric subjects with neuromuscular disease. Thus, we propose an expiratory positive airway pressure of 4–5 cm H2O, an inspiratory pressure delta of 8–10 cm H2O, and an age-oriented backup rate as a starting point for NIV titration. Patients with advanced disease stages might require slightly higher inspiratory positive airway pressures and backup rates.

  • chronic respiratory insufficiency
  • Duchenne muscular dystrophy
  • spinal muscular atrophy
  • home ventilation
  • neuromuscular disease

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  • Correspondence: Mathis Steindor MD. E-mail: mathis.steindor{at}uk-essen.de
  • Dr Steindor presented a version of this paper at the ERS annual conference, held September 28 to October 2, 2019, in Madrid, Spain.

  • The authors have disclosed no conflicts of interest.

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Home Noninvasive Ventilation in Pediatric Subjects With Neuromuscular Diseases: One Size Fits All
Mathis Steindor, Carolin E Wagner, Claudia Bock, Maximilian Eckerland, Laura Heitschmidt, Leopold Pichlmaier, Margerete Olivier, Anastasios Bouikidis, Joerg Grosse-Onnebrink, Uwe Mellies, Florian Stehling
Respiratory Care Mar 2021, 66 (3) 410-415; DOI: 10.4187/respcare.08079

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Mathis Steindor, Carolin E Wagner, Claudia Bock, Maximilian Eckerland, Laura Heitschmidt, Leopold Pichlmaier, Margerete Olivier, Anastasios Bouikidis, Joerg Grosse-Onnebrink, Uwe Mellies, Florian Stehling
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