• Pediatr Crit Care Me · Sep 2023

    Trends in Long-Term Ventilation Care in U.K. Children and Young People-Further Consideration Required for Pediatric Critical Care Services.

    • Kathy Wilkinson, Heather Freeth, Nicholas Mahoney, Richard Iles, and Mark Juniper.
    • Department of Anaesthetics, Norfolk & Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Norfolk, United Kingdom.
    • Pediatr Crit Care Me. 2023 Sep 1; 24 (9): e452e456e452-e456.

    ObjectivesThe objective was to compare specific data from the 2020 National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death (NCEPOD) report "Balancing the Pressures" with two previous U.K. studies and to examine changes in the pediatric population requiring long-term ventilation (LTV) as well as the types delivered. We believe that the new data presented will facilitate future service planning.DesignA subset of confidential enquiry data derived from a study by a nationally funded quality improvement organization (NCEPOD: www.ncepod.org.uk ) was compared with two previous U.K. datasets.SettingHealthcare providers across England, Wales, and Northern Ireland-inpatient and community settings.PatientsChildren and young people (CAYP) 0-16 years old receiving LTV between April 1, 2016, and March 31, 2018.InterventionsNone.Measurements And Main ResultsWhen comparing the NCEPOD data with that last published in the United Kingdom, the number of CAYP requiring LTV more than doubled between 2008 and 2018 (933-2,093). There has also been a particular increase in the proportion of children that were under two when they were commenced on LTV (26-39.2%). Children are now more likely than previously to be receiving LTV to manage upper airway obstruction and CNS conditions. There has also been an approximate doubling of those receiving LTV over the whole 24-hour period (9.4-18.4%).ConclusionsThe increased numbers and changing characteristics of babies and children requiring LTV over the last 3 decades in the United Kingdom have implications for all healthcare sectors but particularly for providers of critical care services.Copyright © 2023 by the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies.

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