PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - W. Dieperink
AU  - J. F. Goorhuis
AU  - W. de Weerd
AU  - A. Hazenberg
AU  - J. G. Zijlstra
AU  - M. W. N. Nijsten
TI  - Walking with continuous positive airway pressure
AID  - 10.1183/09031936.06.00031305
DP  - 2006 Apr 01
TA  - European Respiratory Journal
PG  - 853--855
VI  - 27
IP  - 4
4099  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/27/4/853.short
4100  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/27/4/853.full
SO  - Eur Respir J2006 Apr 01; 27
AB  - A ventilator-dependent child had been in the paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) ever since birth. As a result, she had fallen behind considerably in her development. After 18 months, continuous positive airway pressure was successfully administered via a tracheostomy tube with a novel lightweight device. This enabled her to walk in the PICU. With this device, the child was discharged home where she could walk with an action range of 10 m. Subsequently, her psychomotor development improved remarkably. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first case report of a patient, adult or paediatric, who could actually walk with a sufficient radius of action while receiving long-term respiratory support.