Ventilación no invasiva para el tratamiento de la insuficiencia respiratoria aguda en pacientes sometidos a

M Antonelli1, G Conti, M Bufi

  • 1Istituto di Anestesiologia e Rianimazione, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Rome, Italy. max.antonelli@flashnet.it

JAMA
|January 14, 2000
PubMed
Resumen

La ventilación no invasiva (VNI) redujo significativamente la intubación endotraqueal y la mortalidad en la unidad de cuidados intensivos en receptores de trasplante de órganos sólidos con insuficiencia respiratoria aguda. NIV ofrece una alternativa prometedora a la terapia de oxígeno estándar para este grupo de pacientes vulnerables.

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