What is it about?
Non invasive ventilation is a form of breathing support administered via a mask. It is commonly in hospitals to treat conditions such as COPD when blood carbon dioxide levels are abnormally high. This article is designed to equip the reader with an understanding of when to use non invasive ventilation and a practical approach to setting it up and managing complications.
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Why is it important?
A recent National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death looking at non invasive ventilation (NIV) found that hospital across the United Kingdom could be managing non invasive ventilation better. Among the findings was that training grade doctors were often the clinicians initiating NIV and responsible for it's initial management. This article aims to better equip these doctors with the necessary skills and knowledge to manage NIV on the wards and is designed for the doctor in training.
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As a doctor often required to set up noninvasive ventilation in unwell patients, this article was designed to cover the key parts of this process and the theory behind it in an accessible way to aid others.
Dinesh Addala
University of Oxford
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This page is a summary of: Non-invasive ventilation: initiation and initial management, British Journal of Hospital Medicine, September 2017, Mark Allen Group,
DOI: 10.12968/hmed.2017.78.9.c140.
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