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Kimberley Lewis1, Kelly Hassall2, Sameer Sharif3
1Division of Critical Care, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
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Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NIV) is an important tool for treating the critically ill. Unfortunately, NIV intolerance is a potential reason why patients will fail NIV and have to be intubated and invasively mechanically ventilated. Providing sedation is a possible solution to improve intolerance. While many sedative/analgesic options exist such as dexmedetomidine, ketamine, opioids, benzodiazepines, or propofol, little research is available to guide these choices. Because of the paucity of data, there are no clinical practice guideline recommendations to assist the clinician.
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