Human and Financial Costs of Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation in Patients Affected by COPD and Acute Respiratory Failure

Autor: Nava, Stefano, Evangelisti, Ilaria, Rampulla, Ciro, Compagnoni, Maria Laura, Fracchia, Claudio, Rubini, Fiorenzo
Zdroj: Chest; June 1997, Vol. 111 Issue: 6 p1631-1638, 8p
Abstrakt: It has been suggested that noninvasive mechanical ventilation (NIMV) may be a time-consuming procedure for medical and paramedical personnel. We carried out a prospective trial in 10 consecutive COPD patients aimed at assessing the human and economic resources needed to ventilate patients by NIMV and we compared these with those needed by a group of six patients receiving invasive mechanical ventilation (InMV).
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