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Potential indicators of success in noninvasive ventilation

Potential indicators of success in noninvasive ventilation
Younger age
Lower acuity of illness (APACHE score)
Able to cooperate, better neurologic score
Less air leaking, intact dentition
Moderate hypercarbia (PaCO2 >45 mmHG, <92 mmHG)
Moderate acidemia (pH <7.35, >7.10)
Improvements in gas exchange and heart respiratory rates within first two hours
Reproduced with permission from: International Concensus Conferences in Intensive Care Medicine: Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation in acute respiratory failure. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2001; 163:288. Copyright © 2001 American Thoracic Society.
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