RT Book, Section
A1 Slesinger, Todd L.
A1 Wright, Brian J.
A2 Farcy, David A.
A2 Chiu, William C.
A2 Flaxman, Alex
A2 Marshall, John P.
SR Print(0)
ID 55810545
T1 Chapter 6. Noninvasive Ventilation
T2 Critical Care Emergency Medicine
YR 2012
FD 2012
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-162824-2
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=55810545
RD 2023/03/31
AB Acute  respiratory  distress  is  a  frequent  problem  encountered  by  emergency  physicians  and  intensivists.  Often  the  clinician  must  act  to  ensure  adequate  oxygenation  and  ventilation  before  a  definitive  diagnosis  is  achieved.  The  treatment  of  acute  respiratory  distress  requires  an  aggressive  approach  that  entails  use  of  medications,  oxygen,  and  often  positive  pressure  ventilation.  Historically,  patients  who  required  positive  pressure  ventilation  underwent  endotracheal  intubation  (ETI)  and  were  placed  on  a  mechanical  ventilator.  However,  over  the  past  decade  there  has  been  an  increased  use  of  noninvasive  positive  pressure  ventilation  (NIV).1,2  As  opposed  to  ETI,  NIV  uses  an  external  mask  interface  to  deliver  positive  pressure  to  the  patient.