International Journal of Medicine and Data

Objective To investigate the risk factors of nasal injury in children with noninvasive ventilation. Methods 100 neonates in the intensive care unit of our hospital were selected to carry out a sampling survey (January 2018 to August 2022). A questionnaire survey was conducted for the selected neonates. The self-made questionnaire and neonatal skin assessment scale were mainly used as the survey tools in this survey, and the risk factors of nasal injury in children with non-invasive ventilation in the neonatal intensive care unit were investigated in detail. Results Through the investigation, it was found that there was a 27% chance that the children in NICU would suffer from nose injury during non-invasive ventilation; According to the Logistic regression analysis, the high-risk factors of nasal injury in children in NICU mainly include less than 28 weeks of gestation, less than 1000g of weight, more than 10 days of non-invasive ventilation, facial edema, and more than 65% of humidity in the incubator. Conclusion Children in the neonatal intensive care unit may have nasal injury symptoms due to long time of non-invasive ventilation, facial edema, humidity in the warm box, weight, gestational age, etc. Therefore, medical staff for children with non-invasive ventilation should pay close attention to the above several high-risk factors of nasal injury, and designate corresponding preventive measures according to the specific conditions of children, so as to avoid nasal injury in children.

neonatal intensive care unit; Non invasive ventilation; Nose injury; High risk factors