title: [Neurally adjusted ventilator assist in paediatric intensive care].
abstract: The adaptation of the patient's breathing to the ventilator is a constant challenge in intensive care units. The use of a neurally adjusted ventilator assist (NAVA) system is growing. This system has shown an improvement in patient-ventilator synchronisation and the comfort of patients undergoing invasive or non-invasive ventilation in paediatric intensive care units. Its benefit in reducing the duration of mechanical ventilation and the length of stayin paediatric intensive care units remains however to be proven.
authors.forename: Capucine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Didier
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003422:Critical Care; D006801:Humans; D015278:Intensive Care Units, Pediatric; D009420:Nervous System; D012122:Ventilators, Mechanical