A case series of skin necrosis following use of non invasive ventilation pressure masks

International Wound Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 87-90

  Ahmad, Z ^a   Venus, M ^a   Kisku, W ^a   Rayatt, S S ^a  

^a CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Care bundles; Continuous positive airway pressure; Critical care; Nasal reconstruction; Non invasive intermittent positive pressure ventilation; Pressure area care; Prevention; Skin necrosis

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CASE REPORT; CASE STUDY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DECUBITUS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FACE MASK; FEMALE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KLEBSIELLA INFECTION; LAPAROTOMY; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OXYGEN TENSION; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEPSIS; SKIN NECROSIS; SURGICAL INFECTION; TACHYCARDIA;

AGED; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MASKS; NASAL BONE; NECROSIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRESSURE ULCER;

EID: 84872614559     PISSN: 17424801     EISSN: 1742481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-481X.2012.00948.x     Document Type: Article

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