Combined noninvasive ventilation and mechanical insufflator-exsufflator for acute respiratory failure in patients with neuromuscular disease: effectiveness and outcome predictors.

Tai-Heng ChenWen-Chen LiangI-Chen ChenYi-Ching LiuJong-Hau HsuYuh-Jyh Jong

Published in: Therapeutic advances in respiratory disease (2020)

Applying combined NIV/MI-E in the acute care setting is an efficient means of averting intubation in NMD patients with ARF. Clinical features within 8 h of the institution may predict treatment outcome. The reviews of this paper are available via the supplemental material section.

Keyphrases

respiratory failure
acute care
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
mechanical ventilation
randomized controlled trial
systematic review
acute respiratory distress syndrome
cardiac arrest
intensive care unit
hepatitis b virus
meta analyses