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Non‐invasive ventilation of patients with acute asthma
Author(s) -
Sheikh Muhammad,
Tiruvoipati Ravindranath,
Hurley James C.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
internal medicine journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 1444-0903
DOI - 10.1111/imj.14208
Subject(s) - medicine , intensive care unit , ventilation (architecture) , observational study , asthma , retrospective cohort study , emergency medicine , mechanical ventilation , intensive care medicine , anesthesia , mechanical engineering , engineering
Abstract A retrospective observational study of 21 patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Frankston Hospital with acute asthma between 2011 and 2014 was undertaken. We report the outcomes for three groups of patients; those that did ( n = 7) or did not ( n = 6) receive initial therapy with non‐invasive ventilation (NIV) together with those that received invasive ventilation ( n = 8). Patients successfully managed with NIV alone experienced a shorter ICU and hospital stay versus those who required invasive ventilation.