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When to Start (or Not) Ventilation Treatment

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Faced with a suffering, dyspneic patient with acute respiratory failure, we often wonder whether there are the objective conditions to start ventilation therapy. We lovers of NIV are always being asked what are the criteria for starting NIV, while I have never heard an intensive care specialist being asked what are the objective parameters for intubating a patient.

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  1. Respiratory and Critical Care Unit, AO Sant’ Orsola Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy

    Stefano Nava

  2. Sleep Medicine Unit, Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri Division Pneumologica, Pavia, Italy

    Francesco Fanfulla

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Nava, S., Fanfulla, F. (2014). When to Start (or Not) Ventilation Treatment. In: Non Invasive Artificial Ventilation. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-5526-1_5

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