Successful use of nasal BiPAP in three patients previously requiring intubation and mechanical ventilation

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 785-788

  Poponick, Janet M ^a   Renston, Jeffrey P ^a   Emerman, Charles L ^a  

^a METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory failure; BiPAP; COPD; Mechanical ventilation; Noninvasive ventilation

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BAROTRAUMA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATHING RATE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NOSE BREATHING; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SKIN ULCER; STOMACH DISTENSION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

APACHE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MALE; MASKS; MIDDLE AGED; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; VENTILATOR WEANING;

EID: 0031282482     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-4679(97)00185-6     Document Type: Article

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