Pediatric Home Non-Invasive Ventilation Program

This program supports children requiring home non-invasive ventilation in Northern Alberta.

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

• respiratory assessment
• access to the Stollery's Pediatric Sleep Laboratory for polysomnography studies
• NIV equipment assessment
• mask fitting and headgear adaptation services
• education

Our program includes the following clinics:

• pediatric Non-Invasive Ventilation Program
• non-Invasive Ventilation Transition Clinic