Pediatric Home Non-Invasive Ventilation Program

This program supports children requiring home non-invasive ventilation in Northern Alberta, Northwest Territories and Nunavut.

The Stollery's Pediatric Non-invasive Ventilation (NIV) Program offers respiratory assessment and management of children who require home non-invasive ventilation (NIV). This program includes infants and children with a variety of sleep-related breathing disorders and respiratory insufficiency or failure who require NIV - either CPAP (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure) or BPAP (Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure). NIV Outpatient Clinics are inter-disciplinary and work closely with community-based partners to provide integrated services to children and families including:

• telemedicine and virtual care options
• respiratory assessment
• access to the Stollery's Pediatric Sleep Laboratory for polysomnograms (overnight sleep studies)
• NIV equipment assessment
• mask fitting and headgear adaptation services
• education and support for children requiring NIV and their families

Our program includes the following:

• Pediatric Non-Invasive Ventilation Outpatient Clinics at the Stollery Children's Hospital
• Pediatric Non-Invasive Ventilation New Start Clinics
• Pediatric Non-Invasive Ventilation Pre-hospital Discharge Clinics
• Pediatric Neuromuscular Disease Clinic (Glenrose) respiratory and sleep assessments
• Non-Invasive Ventilation Adult Transition Clinics