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01-06-2014 | What's New in Intensive Care
What’s new on NIV in the PICU: does everyone in respiratory failure require endotracheal intubation?
Authors:
Andrew C. Argent, Paolo Biban
Published in:
Intensive Care Medicine
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Issue 6/2014
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Excerpt
Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) refers to the use of techniques of ventilatory support that do not include the utilization of invasive airways such as endotracheal tubes or tracheostomies. Thus, the full spectrum ranges from high-flow humidified nasal oxygen (HFHNO), through nasal continuous positive airways pressure (CPAP), to a wide range of positive (and negative) pressure support modes of ventilation. …