Intermittent noninvasive ventilation after extubation in patients with chronic respiratory disorders: a multicenter randomized controlled trial (VHYPER).
Frédéric VargasMarc ClavelPascale Sanchez-VerlanSylvain GarnierAlexandre BoyerHoang-Nam BuiBenjamin ClouzeauCharline SazioAissa KerchacheOlivier GuissetAntoine BenardJulien AsselineauBernard GaucheDidier GrusonStein SilvaPhilippe VignonGilles HilbertPublished in: Intensive care medicine (2017)
Early NIV performed following a sequential protocol for the first 48 h after extubation decreased the risk of respiratory failure in patients with chronic respiratory disorders. Reintubation and mortality did not differ between NIV and conventional oxygen therapy.