Effectiveness of non-invasive ventilation in acute respiratory failure of obese patients: a brief narrative review

Effectiveness of non-invasive ventilation in acute respiratory failure of obese patients: a brief narrative review

Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) has been used successfully for the management of acute respiratory failure (ARF) more often in the last two decades compared to prior decades; nevertheless, NIV can have failure rates ranging from 5% to 50%. However, there are particular groups of patients that are mor...

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Main Authors: Maurizio Alessandro Cavalleri, Elena Barbagelata, Marco Scudeletti, Antonello Nicolini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2018-03-01
Series:Italian Journal of Medicine
Subjects:
Obesity-hypoventilation syndrome
critically ill obese patients
non-invasive ventilation
late failure.
Online Access:http://www.italjmed.org/index.php/ijm/article/view/916

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