Noninvasive ventilation and sleep

Noninvasive ventilation.

Endotracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation have traditionally been employed in patients with acute respiratory insufficiency. However, this form of management can have serious adverse effects, mainly infections and barotrauma. Noninvasive ventilation (NIV) has been shown to be an effective alternative, as it reduces both the frequency of complications and cost of care. In fact, NIV is c...

Tracheobronchomalacia and noninvasive ventilation?

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Noninvasive ventilation and intubation.

clinical problem, and making an early accurate diagnosis is quite difficult in most cases. After intubation, clinical manifestations of TEF are frequently air leak around the cuff and gastric distention.2 Massive gastric distention in intubated patients has been reported as an early marker for the defective airway,6 and this finding should alert that a communication may exist between the airway...

Predicting Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation

1. Borg BM, Thompson BR. The measurement of lung volumes using body plethysmography: a comparison of methodologies. Respir Care 2012;57(7):1076-1083. 2. Wanger J, Clausen JL, Coates A, Pedersen OF, Brusasco V, Burgos F, et al. Standardisation of the measurement of lung volumes. Eur Respir J 2005;26(3):511-522. 3. Miller MR, Hankinson J, Brusasco V, Burgos F, Cassaburi R, Coates A, et al. Standa...

Noninvasive ventilation is more than mask ventilation.