Quality of Bag-Mask Ventilation for Children Before Intubation: Single-Center PICU Pilot Observational Study, 2019–2022
The majority of BMV breaths delivered to children before tracheal intubation in the PICU were of low-quality. And, such breaths, were more frequent in younger children and were associated with greater odds of adverse airway outcomes.
Authors
- Benjamin Bruins
- Alexis Topjian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7855-8627)
- Amanda O’Halloran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9478-7745)
- Ryan W. Morgan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1664-5316)
- Cheryl Dominick
- Amanda Nickel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9206-3943)
- Jimmy W. Huh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4268-4829)
- Justine Shults
- Matthew P. Kirschen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3585-2687)
- Akira Nishisaki
- Lindsay N. Shepard
- Robert M. Sutton
- Vinay M. Nadkarni
- Natalie Napolitano
- Elizabeth Laverriere McGovern
Institutions
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (US)
- Nemours Children's Health System (US)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
- Published
- 2026-03-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/pcc.0000000000003925
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Airway Management and Intubation Techniques
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 49.76