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Noninvasive respiratory support is an important modality utilized in the pediatric critical care setting to treat respiratory failure without the use of an artificial airway. On today's discussion, pediatric critical care fellow, Dr. John-David Bruce joins pediatric hospitalist, Dr. Brynn Ehlers and Dr. Gene Fisher who is a pediatric intensivist that serves as the division chief of Pediatric Critical Care unit at the Children's Hospital of Georgia.

After listening to this podcast, learners should be able to: 

1. Recognize different types of noninvasive respiratory support
2. Have an understanding of basic settings involved in the different modes of noninvasive respiratory support
3. Discuss conditions that are most ideal for noninvasive respiratory support 
4. Recognize when it is necessary to escalate to a higher mode of respiratory support
5. Common complications of noninvasive respiratory support and how do you treat them.

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