The use of noninvasive ventilation outside the intensive care unit: a clinical case report

A Romano; A Salvati; R Romano; M Mastroberardino

The use of noninvasive ventilation outside the intensive care unit: a clinical case report

Transl Med UniSa. 2013 Jan 4:5:34-6. Print 2013 Jan.

Authors

A Romano¹, A Salvati, R Romano, M Mastroberardino

Affiliation

¹ Department of Respiratory Medicine, AOSG "San Giuseppe Moscati" Avellino.

PMID: 23905082
PMCID: PMC3728812

Abstract

Noninvasive Ventilation (NIV) is one of the best weapon at our disposal to treat respiratory failure. The early use of NIV out of the Intensive Care Unit can improve patients' outcome. A 58-year-old man affected by severe bilateral pneumonia caused by Legionella Pneumophila was treated with Noninvasive Ventilation in extra Intensive Care Unit until the evidence of a marked improvement of clinical and radiological state.

Keywords: Legionella Pneumophila; Noninvasive Ventilation; Pneumonia.

Publication types

Case Reports