Non-invasive ventilation in acute respiratory failure in children

• Main Authors: Clara Abadesso (Author), Pedro Nunes (Author), Catarina Silvestre (Author), Ester Matias (Author), Helena Loureiro (Author), Helena Almeida (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2012-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The aim of this paper is to assess the clinical efficacy of non-invasive ventilation (NIV) in avoiding endotracheal intubation (ETI), to demonstrate clinical and gasometric improvement and to identify predictive risk factors associated with NIV failure. An observational prospective clinical study wa...