Long term ventilation into pediatric central apneas: etiologies, profiles and therapeutic approaches over a decade
Santiago Presti MD 0000-0002-4879-5418 1,2*#, Martino Pavone MD 0000-0003-4402-0700 1*, Elisabetta Verrillo MD 0000-0001-6469-74231, Maria Giovanna Paglietti MD 0000-0003-2882-23751, Anna Del Colle MD 0000-0002-1237-3141 1, Salvatore Leonardi MD, PhD 0000-0002-2642-6400 2 and Renato Cutrera MD, PhD 0000-0001-7711-5672 1
1Pneumology and Cystic Fibrosis Unit, Academic Department of Pediatrics, “Bambino Gesù” Children’s Hospital, piazza di Sant’Onofrio 4, Rome, 00165, Italy.
2Pediatric Respiratory and Cystic Fibrosis Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, “San Marco” Hospital, University of Catania, Viale Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, 95121 Catania, Italy.
*these authors contributed equally
#Correspondence: Santiago Presti, Pediatric Respiratory and Cystic Fibrosis Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, “San Marco” Hospital, University of Catania, Viale Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, 95121 Catania, Italy,santiagopresti@gmail.com, Tel.: 0039 - 0954794181
Author Contributions: Conceptualization, R.C., M.P. and S.L.; methodology, S.P.; software, A.D.C.; validation, M.G.P., E.V.; formal analysis, S.P. and M.P.; investigation, E.V. and M.G.P.; resources, M.P.; data curation, S.P., M.P.; writing—original draft preparation, S.P.; writing—review and editing, M.P., S.L. and R.C… All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.