Michael Westhoff, Peter Neumann, Jens Geiseler, Johannes Bickenbach, Michael Arzt, Martin Bachmann, Stephan Braune, Sandra Delis, Dominic Dellweg, Michael Dreher, Rolf Dubb, Hans Fuchs, Nina Hämäläinen, Hans Heppner, Stefan Kluge, Matthias Kochanek, Philipp M Lepper, F Joachim Meyer, Bernhard Neumann, Christian Putensen, Dorit Schimandl, Bernd Schönhofer, Dierk Schreiter, Stephan Walterspacher, Wolfram Windisch
The guideline update outlines the advantages as well as the limitations of NIV in the treatment of acute respiratory failure in daily clinical practice and in different indications.Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) has a high value in therapy of hypercapnic acute respiratory failure, as it significantly reduces the length of ICU stay and hospitalization as well as mortality.Patients with cardiopulmonary edema and acute respiratory failure should be treated with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) and oxygen in addition to necessary cardiological interventions...
October 13, 2023: Pneumologie