In one of the largest studies of asthma in children, treatment for critical asthma is highly dependent on local practices. But higher volume centers are using more non-invasive positive pressure (perhaps suggesting that people who see a lot of asthma think this therapy is the

This study of 77,115 children with asthma from 163 separate institutions provides the best picture to date of the how children in the US are treated with the various types of respiratory support. In the #pedsICU , most are started on HFNC or NIV

Chris Carroll MD Colin Rogerson Alex Hogan, MD, MS Samer Abu-Sultaneh, MD, FAAP, FCCM Excited to 👀 the team’s work in press! Special shoutout to Colin and Ben for spearheading this.

One clarification…only about 45% of kids in total received any ICU-level resp support. But in the most recent years it’s up to 65%! Now we just need data about whether that helps…