Pediatric Home Ventilation: Programs & Services
Our Pediatric Home Ventilator Program provides state-of-the-art technology and advanced on-going management to ventilator-assisted patients, including the options of both non-invasive ventilation (via a face or nose mask) and invasive ventilation (via a tracheostomy tube). We also supply End Tidal CO2 Monitoring and Spirometry to track patient status, and provide family education and long-term care coordination.
We specialize in the management of the following medical diagnoses:
- Restrictive Lung Disease – Restrictive lung disease is characterized by reduced lung volume. A patient’s rib cage cannot expand sufficiently to support oxygen needs (cerebral palsy, scoliosis, liver disease).
- Respiratory Insufficiency – Respiratory insufficiency is a disorder in which a patient cannot exert the proper respiratory effort to breathe (conditions of muscular weakness and spinal cord injuries).
- Hypoventilation – Hypoventilation is condition characterized by breathing that is too weak or slow to meet the needs of the body. A patient breathes too shallow to support their basic oxygen needs.
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea – Obstructive Sleep apnea is a condition characterized by episodes of stopped breathing during sleep.
- Malacia – Malacia is a disorder that is characterized by a softening in one, two, or three parts of the airway (voice box, windpipe, breathing tubes). Patients with a soft, floppy trachea need a ventilator to hold it open.
- Central Hypoventilation Syndrome (CCHS) – Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome is a rare neurological disorder that is characterized by inadequate breathing during sleep.
- Lung Disease – Lung disease is any disease or disorder wherein lung function is impaired.
In addition, we offer a wide range of specialty services and programs across many disciplines, including:
- Pulmonary Function Testing / Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine
- Respiratory Care
- Nutrition and Calorimetry
- Orthotics and Prosthetics
- Pediatric Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- Physical and Occupational Therapy
- Rehabilitation Engineering
- Rehabilitation Psychology
- Social Work
- Specialized Nursing
- Speech and Language Pathology
- Spinal Cord Injury Program
- Stable Ventilator Unit
