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CESARE GREGORETTI

Noninvasive Ventilation in Critically Ill Patients

  • Authors: Gregoretti, Cesare*; Pisani, Lara; Cortegiani, Andrea; Ranieri, Vito Marco
  • Publication year: 2015
  • Type: Articolo in rivista (Articolo in rivista)
  • Key words: Acute respiratory failure; Critically patients; Noninvasive ventilation; Critical Illness; Emergency Service, Hospital; Hospital Mortality; Humans; Noninvasive Ventilation; Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Adult; Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine
  • OA Link: http://hdl.handle.net/10447/274875

Abstract

Since its first application in the late 1980s, noninvasive ventilation (NIV) has been the first-line intervention for certain forms of acute respiratory failure. NIV may be delivered through the patient's mouth, nose, or both using noninvasive intermittent positive pressure ventilation or continuous positive airway pressure. When applied appropriately, NIV may reduce morbidity and mortality and may avert iatrogenic complications and infections associated with invasive mechanical ventilation. This article provides physicians and respiratory therapists with a comprehensive, practical guideline for using NIV in critical care.