Abstract
Noninvasive ventilation (NIV) and continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) have been used in various unusual settings to assist breathing. NIV is now frequently used to treat exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and chronic respiratory failure in neuromuscular disease. This paper discusses CPAP and NIV for postoperative hypoxemia, preventing intubation in highrisk bronchoscopy, respiratory failure in pandemics, obesity hypoventilation syndrome, and respiratory support during percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube placement.
- noninvasive ventilation
- NIV
- continuous positive airway pressure
- CPAP
- bronchoscopy
- pandemic
- obesity hypoventilation syndrome
Footnotes
- Correspondence: Email: benditt{at}u.washington.edu.
Joshua O Benditt MD presented a version of this paper at the 42nd RESPIRATORY CARE Journal Conference, “Noninvasive Ventilation in Acute Care: Controversies and Emerging Concepts,” held March 7-9, 2008, in Cancún, México.
- Copyright © 2009 by Daedalus Enterprises Inc.
