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- Title
Review: Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation reduces intubation and length of ICU stay in acute respiratory failure.
- Authors
Carroll, Gilbert C.
- Abstract
This article presents information on a study related to noninvasive positive pressure ventilation that reduces intubation and length of intensive care unit stay in acute respiratory failure. Randomized controlled trials that included 60% of patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure not associated with cardiogenic pulmonary edema or an exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and who did not require immediate ventilatory support; and which compared noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation added to standard therapy (ST) with ST alone. Study quality was assessed using 11 validity criteria, including randomization, concealment, and blinding.
- Subjects
INTENSIVE care units; RESPIRATORY insufficiency; PATIENTS; PULMONARY edema; CRITICAL care medicine; OBSTRUCTIVE lung diseases; THERAPEUTICS; CLINICAL trials
- Publication
ACP Journal Club, 2005, Vol 143, Issue 1, p43
- ISSN
1056-8751
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7326/acpjc-2005-143-1-019