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Patient Decision Aid Summary

Title When a child may use a ventilator for a long time.
To access it View the patient decision aid on the developer website
Audience Parents of children newly diagnoses with or at risk for chronic respiratory failure.
Options included Initiate long-term ventilation.
Do not initiate long-term ventilation, which can lead to death.
Year of last update or review 2020
Format Web, paper, PDF
Developer Jeffrey Edwards
Where was it developed? jde2134@cumc.columbia.edu
Columbia University
United States
Health condition Respiratory Failure
Language English, Spanish
Based on 2025 IPDAS criteria (International Patient Decision Aid Standards) this patient decision aid (and/or supporting materials) meets:
7 out of 7 IPDAS Qualifying criteria to be defined as a patient decision aid
4 out of 7 IPDAS Essential criteria to lower the risk of making a biased decision
Not applicable: Other IPDAS Essential criteria for patient decision aids about screening or testing
View IPDAS criteria details.

Last modified: 2025-07-29.