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Pulmonary edema and acute hypercapnic respiratory failure treated with bi-level nasal-CPAP: case report
G Fiorenzano1, A Marruchella, A Aufiero
1Divisione di Broncopneumologia, Azienda Ospedaliera E. Morelli, Sondalo (Sondrio), Italy.
Panminerva Medica
|March 1, 1997
Abstract:
Noninvasive mechanical ventilation has been suggested for the treatment of patients with respiratory failure. We describe the case of a patient affected by bilateral cystic bronchiectasis and acute hypercapnic respiratory failure, due to a cardiogenic pulmonary edema, successfully treated with bi-level nasal-CPAP. This report suggests that in some cases noninvasive ventilatory support may mean avoiding tracheal intubation, even with critically ill patients.