Does bilevel positive airway pressure improve outcome of acute respiratory failure after open-heart surgery?

Background: Respiratory failure is of concern in the postoperative period after cardiac surgeries. Invasive ventilation (intermittent positive pressure ventilation [IPPV]) carries the risks and complications of intubation and mechanical ventilation (MV). Aims: Noninvasive positive pressure ventilati...

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Main Author: Ahmed Said Elgebaly
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-01-01
Series:Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia
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Online Access:http://www.annals.in/article.asp?issn=0971-9784;year=2017;volume=20;issue=4;spage=416;epage=421;aulast=Elgebaly