Noninvasive ventilation for acute lung injury: how often should we try, how often should we fail?

The selection of patients with acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome (ALI/ARDS) to receive noninvasive ventilation (NIV) is challenging, partly because there are few reliable selection criteria. The study by Rana and colleagues in the previous issue of Critical Care identifies metabo...

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Main Authors: Garpestad, Erik, Hill, Nicholas S
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2006
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1750989/