title: Neurally Adjusted Ventilatory Assist for Noninvasive Support in Neonates.
abstract: Noninvasive ventilation (NIV) is frequently used in the NICU to avoid intubation or as postextubation support for spontaneously breathing infants experiencing respiratory distress. Neurally adjusted ventilatory assist (NAVA) is used as a mode of noninvasive support in which both the timing and degree of ventilatory assist are controlled by the patient. NIV-NAVA has been successfully used clinically in neonates as a mode of ventilation to prevent intubation, allow early extubation, and as a novel way to deliver nasal continuous positive airway pressure.
authors.affiliation: Neonatal Respiratory Outreach Clinical Liaison, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Neonatology Department, Akron Children's Hospital, One Perkins Square, Akron, OH 44308, USA.
authors.forename: Kimberly S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Firestone
authors.affiliation: Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science, St. Michael's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, University of Toronto, 30 Bond Street, Toronto, ON M5B 1W8, Canada; Institute for Biomedical Engineering and Science Technology (iBEST), Ryerson University and St. Michael's Hospital, Department of Chemistry and Biology, 350 Victoria Street, Toronto, ON M5B 2K3, Canada.
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Beck
authors.affiliation: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Promedica Toledo Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, 2142 North Cove Boulevard, Toledo, OH 43606, USA; University of Toledo, Department of Pediatrics, University of Toledo Health Science Campus, 3000 Arlington Avenue, Toledo, OH 43614, USA. Electronic address: Howardstein@bex.net.
authors.forename: Howard
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Stein
mesh_terms: D045422:Continuous Positive Airway Pressure; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D059725:Interactive Ventilatory Support / Q000379:methods*; D063087:Noninvasive Ventilation / Q000379:methods*; D012127:Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn / Q000628:therapy*
keywords: Neural trigger; Neurally adjusted ventilatory assist (NAVA); Noninvasive ventilation; Patient-ventilator interaction; Premature infant; Respiratory distress syndrome; Synchrony