Archivos de bronconeumología
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Arch. Bronconeumol. · Oct 2010
Clinical Trial[Early use of noninvasive mechanical ventilation in patients with acute hypercapnic respiratory failure in a respiratory ward: a prospective study].
In recent years, the optimal location for noninvasive mechanical ventilation (NIMV) has been a matter of debate. Our aim was to detect the effectiveness of NIMV in acute hypercapnic respiratory failure (AHRF) in respiratory ward and factors associated with failure. ⋯ NIMV can be successfully applied in patients with AHRF in respiratory ward. The associated factors with NIMV failure are absence of early improvement in blood gases and respiratory rate, bad compliance to NIMV, older age, presence of associated complication, comorbid disease, pneumonia and high baseline respiratory rate.