“I had the feeling that I was trapped”: a bedside qualitative study of cognitive and affective attitudes toward noninvasive ventilation in patients with acute respiratory failure

Abstract Background Noninvasive ventilation (NIV) is the application of mechanical ventilation through a mask. It is used to treat certain forms of acute respiratory failure in intensive care units (ICU). NIV has clinical benefits but can be anxiogenic for the patients. This study aimed at describin...

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Main Authors: Marina Iosifyan, Matthieu Schmidt, Amélie Hurbault, Julien Mayaux, Christian Delafosse, Marina Mishenko, Nathalie Nion, Alexandre Demoule, Thomas Similowski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-12-01
Series:Annals of Intensive Care
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13613-019-0608-6