Management of Rare Respiratory Disorders Across Pediatric Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Dear Colleagues,

Background and history of this topic:

Rare respiratory disorders in children present unique diagnostic, therapeutic and care-coordination challenges, frequently requiring complex respiratory support and multidisciplinary expertise across pediatric pulmonary and critical care, with noninvasive ventilation (NIV) playing an increasingly important role in pediatrics critical care settings.

Aim and scope of the Special Issue:

This Special Issue, “Management of Rare Respiratory Disorders Across Pediatric Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine”, aims to present current clinical practice, original research and methodological advances in the care of infants and children with uncommon respiratory conditions, with particular emphasis on the use of noninvasive ventilation (NIV). We welcome original research articles, systematic and narrative reviews and clinically focused studies addressing NIV initiation, optimization, monitoring and weaning, as well as clinical outcomes and care delivery across the continuum, from pediatric intensive care to home-based respiratory support. In addition, this Special Issue encourages implementation science and quality improvement studies that evaluate care pathways, protocols and strategies to translate evidence into practice, reduce variability in care and improve patient-centered outcomes. By integrating rigorous research with real-world clinical experience, this Special Issue aims to inform best practices and advance the management of rare respiratory disorders in pediatric pulmonary and critical care.

What kind of papers we are soliciting:

• Pediatric noninvasive ventilation in the ICU
• Rare lung, airway and interstitial lung diseases
• Congenital and genetic respiratory disorders
• Neuromuscular and chest wall diseases
• Acute-on-chronic respiratory failure
• NIV initiation, monitoring, weaning and failure
• Transition from critical care to chronic or home ventilation
• Implementation science and quality improvement in pediatric respiratory care
• Clinical outcomes, care pathways and multidisciplinary models of care
• NIV in pARDS
• NIV in critical illness polimyoneuropaties
• NIV interfaces and circuit components

Dr. Antonio Matías Esquìnas
Dr. Omar S. Alibrahim
Guest Editors

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• rare respiratory disease
• pediatric critical care
• pediatric noninvasive ventilation
• chronic respiratory failure
• translational research
• quality improvement
• outcomes research
• oxygenation