Non-invasive positive pressure ventilation in pneumonia outside ICU. Can it be definitely justified?

Antonello Nicolini; Teresa Diaz de Teran; Elena Barbagelata; Antonio Esquinas

doi:10.1016/j.ejim.2019.02.016

Non-invasive positive pressure ventilation in pneumonia outside ICU. Can it be definitely justified?

Eur J Intern Med. 2019 Jun:64:e8. doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2019.02.016.

Authors

Antonello Nicolini¹, Teresa Diaz de Teran², Elena Barbagelata³, Antonio Esquinas⁴

Affiliations

¹ Respiratory Diseases Unit, General Hospital, Sestri Levante, Italy. Electronic address: antonello.nicolini@fastwebnet.it.
² Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Sleep and Non Invasive Ventilation Unit, Pulmonary, Santander, Spain.
³ Internal Medicine Unit, General Hospital, Sestri Levante, Italy.
⁴ Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Morales Meseguer, Murcia, Spain.

PMID: 31202478
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2019.02.016

No abstract available

Keywords: Community acquired pneumonia; Do not intubate; Emergency department; Non invasive positive pressure ventilation; Out side intensive care.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Humans
Intensive Care Units
Italy
Pneumonia*
Positive-Pressure Respiration