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Noninvasive Ventilation in Patients with Acute Exacerbations of Asthma

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Owing to limited prospective data, international guidelines do not endorse or recommend against the use of noninvasive ventilation in asthma exacerbation. Nonetheless, retrospective and limited prospective data suggest that NIV might be effectively and safely used in asthma exacerbation under certain conditions, which are discussed in the following chapter.

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    Janowiak Piotr, Nadolny Tomasz & Kuziemski Krzysztof

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Piotr, J., Tomasz, N., Krzysztof, K. (2023). Noninvasive Ventilation in Patients with Acute Exacerbations of Asthma. In: Esquinas, A.M. (eds) Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-28963-7_34

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