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Clinics in chest medicine · Sep 1996
ReviewNoninvasive positive-pressure ventilation in patients with acute respiratory failure.
- G U Meduri.
- Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee, Memphis, College of Medicine, USA.
- Clin. Chest Med. 1996 Sep 1; 17 (3): 513-53.
AbstractThis article provides a systematic review of the literature on the application of noninvasive ventilation in various forms of hypercapnic and hypoxemic respiratory failures. A description of the underlying pathophysiology is followed by a review of physiologic data explaining the mechanisms of action of noninvasive ventilation. A critical review of clinical studies is presented with specific suggestions. The methodology of correctly implementing and monitoring noninvasive ventilation in patients with acute respiratory failure, critical to success, is detailed.
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