title: [Heliox in pediatrics].
abstract: Heliox is composed of oxygen and helium and its low specific gravity allows a modification of the gas flow within the airway. Breathing heliox favors a laminar flow and therefore decreases the work of breathing. Its usefulness in the child is established in croup or in post-extubation stridor. It can be considered if conventional treatment fails to improve the child's breathing pattern. Its major goal is to avoid invasive manoeuvers as much as possible.
authors.affiliation: CHUV, BHO5, Rue du Bugnon 46 1011 Lausanne.
authors.forename: Pascal
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Stucki
authors.forename: Pietro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Scalfaro
authors.forename: Jacques
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cotting
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D000403:Airway Resistance / Q000187:drug effects; D001249:Asthma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D001988:Bronchiolitis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002648:Child; D003440:Croup / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006371:Helium / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D010100:Oxygen / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D018579:Patient Selection; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000379:methods; D012135:Respiratory Sounds / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000503:physiopathology; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014939:Work of Breathing / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D006371:Helium; C038949:heliox; D010100:Oxygen