Table 1.
Characteristics of children with chronic respiratory failure
| Characteristic | Parent Decision Group |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contemporaneous |
Former |
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| Invasive LTV (n = 17) | NIV LTV (n = 10) | Invasive LTV (n = 8) | NIV LTV (n = 8) | |
| Age, median (range) | 11 mo (2 mo–16 yr) | 4.5 yr (5 mo–16 yr) | 4 yr (6 mo–20 yr) | 8.5 yr (22 mo–18 yr) |
| Female sex | 10 (59) | 4 (40) | 5 (63) | 3 (38) |
| Primary reason for CRF | ||||
| Central hypoventilation | 6 (35) | 3 (30) | 5 (63) | 5 (63) |
| Ventilatory muscle weakness | 4 (24) | 6 (60) | 2 (25) | 3 (37) |
| Chronic pulmonary disease | 7 (41) | 1 (10) | 1 (12) | — |
| Already using/previously used NIV LTV | 3 (18) | — | 1 (12) | — |
Definition of abbreviations: CRF = chronic respiratory failure; LTV = long-term ventilation; NIV = noninvasive.