A.P.M. Duijndam will defend her PhD dissertation on Tuesday 16 May 2023, entitled: ’Mechanical Ventilation in Critically Ill Children‘.
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- Date
- Tuesday 16 May 2023, 15:30 - 17:00
- Type
- PhD defence
- Space
- Professor Andries Querido room
- Building
- Education Center
- Location
- Erasmus MC
Summary:
The overall aim of this thesis is to seek and enhance evidence for the best way to manage mechanical ventilation in children. The secondary aim is finding the optimal way to ventilate and wean children to extubation from a nursing perspective.
We aimed to providing answers regarding five research questions:
- Is there evidence of the best ventilation mode in critically ill children?
- Does a new ventilation strategy lead to more uniformity in the mode of ventilation on a PICU?
- Is Neurally Assisted Ventilator Assist (NAVA) feasible in ventilated children?
- Does a larger role for PICU nurses in a nurse-led weaning protocol lead to a shorter length of ventilation?
- Does assessing the function of the diaphragm through an ultrasound study of the diaphragm thickening fraction help predict whether extubation will be successful in ventilated children?
- More information
The public defence will begin exactly at 15.30 hrs. The doors will be closed once the public defence starts, latecomers can access the hall via the fourth floor. Due to the solemn nature of the ceremony, we recommend that you do not take children under the age of 6 to the first part of the ceremony.
A live stream link has been provided to the candidate.
