• Panminerva medica · Mar 1997

    Case Reports

    Pulmonary edema and acute hypercapnic respiratory failure treated with bi-level nasal-CPAP: case report.

    • G Fiorenzano, A Marruchella, A Aufiero, D Corbellini, A Merizzi, and M Tondini.
    • Divisione di Broncopneumologia, Azienda Ospedaliera E. Morelli, Sondalo (Sondrio), Italy.
    • Panminerva Med. 1997 Mar 1; 39 (1): 53-5.

    AbstractNoninvasive mechanical ventilation has been suggested for the treatment of patients with respiratory failure. We describe the case of a patient affected by bilateral cystic bronchiectasis and acute hypercapnic respiratory failure, due to a cardiogenic pulmonary edema, successfully treated with bi-level nasal-CPAP. This report suggests that in some cases noninvasive ventilatory support may mean avoiding tracheal intubation, even with critically ill patients.

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