Efficacy of noninvasive continuous positive airway pressure on infants with degree Ⅲ laryngeal obstruction / 中国小儿急救医学

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the efficacy of noninvasive continuous positive airway pressure (nCPAP) on infants with degree Ⅲ laryngeal obstruction.Methods Sixty-two infants of acute laryngitis with degree Ⅲ laryngeal obstruction were divided into observation group (n =32) and control group (n =30),which were admitted to our PICU from Jan 2007 to Dec 2012.Thirty-two cases in the observation group were treated using the nCPAP.Thirty infants in the control group received regular mouth-nose mask oxygen therapy.The infants in both groups were given small-dose intravenous injection of methylprednisolone and inhalation of oxygen-driven nebulized epinephrine.Results In a hour after treatments,the effective rate in observation group was 100％,and the average duration for the treatments to take effect was (43.65 ±10.34) min.In control group,symptoms of 13 infants were improved within one hour (the effective rate was 43.3 ％),and symptoms of 22 infants were improved within two hours (the effective rate was 73.3 ％).The average duration for the treatments to take effect in control group was (73.70 ± 15.86) min.The differences of effective rates and take-effect duration between the two groups were statistically significant (P ＜ 0.01).After two hours' treatments,hypoxic symptoms of all infants in the observation group were obviously improved.The average heart rate[(172.24 ± 7.80) times per minute],the average oxygen saturation (90.16％ ±2.58％),the average arterial partial pressure of oxygen [(65.33 ±6.27) mm Hg],and the average partial pressure of carbon dioxide [(48.60 ± 4.39) mm Hg] were improved significantly compared with those before treatment [(146.39 ± 10.61) times per minute,98.53 ％ ± 0.42 ％,(93.64 ± 5.68) mm Hg,(44.25 ±5.76) mm Hg)].The differences were statistically significant (P ＜ 0.01).Conclusion The nCPAP auxiliary treatment is effective for infants with degree Ⅲ laryngeal obstruction,more effective than the regular oxygen therapy.