Outpatient Noninvasive Ventilation

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...

Predicting Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation

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Noninvasive ventilation is more than mask ventilation.

Postoperative noninvasive ventilation.

POSTOPERATIVE hypoxemia and/or acute respiratory failure (ARF) mainly develop after abdominal and/or thoracic surgery. Anesthesia, postoperative pain, and surgery will induce respiratory modifications: hypoxemia, decrease in pulmonary volume, and atelectasis associated with a restrictive syndrome and a diaphragm dysfunction. These modifications of the respiratory function occur early after surg...

[Noninvasive ventilation in pediatrics].

OBJECTIVE To introduce the notion of noninvasive mechanical ventilation as an alternative for invasive ventilation in children, describing advantages and disadvantages, indications, and the process of equipment installation. SOURCE OF DATA Literature review through PubMed/Medline, using as source articles focusing on noninvasive ventilation in pediatric populations, as well as consensus state...