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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Neurally adjusted ventilatory assist (NAVA) allows patient-ventilator synchrony during pediatric noninvasive ventilation: a crossover physiological study

Patient

Gender

Age (months)

Weight (kg)

PIM 2 (admission)

PELOD

After extubation

Reason for PICU admission

Conventional NIV mode admission

Prestudy NIV duration (hours)

1

M

1.5

4.5

0.3

10

No

Bronchiolitis

CPAP

20

2

F

2.5

2.3

1.5

2

Yes

Bronchiolitis

CPAP

6

3

M

42

15

4.3

1

Yes

Pneumonia

PSV

19

4

M

151

24.7

0.6

3

Yes

Postop scoliosis

PCV

19

5

M

190

55

0.5

3

Yes

Postop scoliosis

PCV

167

6

M

61.5

21.2

0.3

1

No

Pneumonia

PSV

12

7

M

142

20

0.3

3

Yes

Postop scoliosis

PSV

7

8

M

2

4.8

38.5

13

Yes

Heart failure

CPAP

22

9

F

8

6.8

0.2

0

No

Bronchiolitis

PSV

25

10

M

76

14.8

0.3

0

No

Aspiration pneumonia

PCV

13

11

F

46

15.4

0.4

0

No

Pneumonia

PSV

25

12

M

1

3.1

0.6

0

No

Bronchiolitis

PCV

24

13

F

1

3.3

0.31

0

No

Bronchiolitis

PCV

37

  1. PICU, pediatric intensive care unit; NIV, noninvasive ventilation; EAdi, electrical activity of the diaphragm; M, male; F, female; CPAP, continuous positive airway pressure; PSV, pressure support ventilation; PCV, pressure control ventilation.