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Health literacy and emergency preparedness in pediatric tracheostomy and home ventilation: a practical review

Megan Pilcher, Weerapong Lilitwat

Clin Exp Pediatr. 2026;69(11):833-843. Published online September 7, 2026

For children with tracheostomy and home ventilation, health literacy is a safety capacity, not merely reading ability. Existing guidelines define what a safe discharge system should contain; clinicians must also verify what caregivers can understand, demonstrate, and retain. An author-derived six-domain framework, staged multimodal teaching, teach-back, show-back, simulation, and longitudinal reassessment can translate recommendations into emergency action, while long-term outcome evidence remains limited.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3345/cep.2026.01802

Original Article

Clinical Study of Children Using Home Mechanical Ventilation

Young Joon Ahn, Seung Hyeon Lee, Hyo-Bin Kim, Seong Jong Park, Tae Sung Ko, Soo-Jong Hong

Clin Exp Pediatr. 2005;48(4):401-405. Published online April 15, 2005

Purpose : The use of mechanically-assisted ventilators at home reduces morbidity and improves the quality of life in children with chronic respiratory failure. But in Korea there is no clinical data of children with home mechanical ventilation. We investigated ventilator types, duration, the causes of failure or death, and the cost needed for care. Methods : We retrospectively analyzed the medical...

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