Survey of children supported by long-term mechanical ventilation in Switzerland

Kamm, M; Burger, R; Rimensberger, Peter; Knoblauch, A; Hammer, J

doi:10.4414/smw.2001.09733

Scientific article

English

Survey of children supported by long-term mechanical ventilation in Switzerland

ContributorsKamm, M; Burger, R; Rimensberger, Peter; Knoblauch, A; Hammer, J

Published inSchweizerische medizinische Wochenschrift, vol. 131, no. 19-20, p. 261-266

Publication date2001

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to identify the number of children, from birth to 16 years of age, on long-term mechanical ventilation in Switzerland, and to establish their current location, underlying diagnoses and ventilatory needs.

Keywords

Adolescent
Child
Child, Preschool
Humans
Infant
Questionnaires
Respiration, Artificial/standards/statistics & numerical data
Switzerland
Time Factors

Affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de pédiatrie, gynécologie et obstétrique

Research groups

Maladies pulmonaires aigues et pathologies cardiaques congénitales (697)

Citation (ISO format)

KAMM, M et al. Survey of children supported by long-term mechanical ventilation in Switzerland. In: Schweizerische medizinische Wochenschrift, 2001, vol. 131, n° 19-20, p. 261–266. doi: 10.4414/smw.2001.09733

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PID : unige:72697
DOI : 10.4414/smw.2001.09733
PMID : 11452864

Journal ISSN0036-7672

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Survey of children supported by long-term mechanical ventilation in Switzerland

The aim of the present study was to identify the number of children, from birth to 16 years of age, on long-term mechanical ventilation in Switzerland, and to establish their current location, underlying diagnoses and ventilatory needs.

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