Salyer J W
Outcomes Research Service, Primary Children's Medical Center, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, USA.
Respir Care Clin N Am. 1996 Dec;2(4):471-85.
Mechanical ventilation is one of the most commonly used life-support technologies in the PICU, is an absolute indicator of the need for PICU care, and adds considerably to the cost of intensive care. Patients with chronic disease account for a large proportion of admissions to the PICU and of patients undergoing cardiovascular surgery and neurosurgery. Although the average length of use of mechanical ventilation in the PICU is about 5 days, there is tremendous variability in the length of ventilation (SD approximately 9 days). Survival among ventilated patients varies greatly and depends mostly on the nature and severity of the underlying disease.
机械通气是儿科重症监护病房（PICU）最常用的生命支持技术之一，是需要PICU护理的绝对指标，并且大幅增加了重症监护的成本。慢性病患者在PICU的入院患者以及接受心血管手术和神经外科手术的患者中占很大比例。虽然PICU中机械通气的平均使用时长约为5天，但通气时长存在很大差异（标准差约为9天）。接受通气治疗的患者生存率差异很大，主要取决于基础疾病的性质和严重程度。
