Michelle T Cao,Robert C Stansbury,Sunil Sharma
Michelle T Cao
Elen Gusman,Lisa F Wolfe
Elen Gusman
Over recent years, there has been an exponential rise in the use of noninvasive ventilation (NIV) in the home. Despite this, there is a lack of evidence-based guidelines and practice standards to assist clinicians with the initiation and ma...
Katie Tran,Bethany L Lussier
Katie Tran
This article explores the role of early noninvasive ventilation in improving the quality of life and survival rates in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). It discusses how the goals of ventilatory support may vary depending o...
Evaluation and Management of Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome in Ambulatory and Hospital Settings [0.03%]
肥胖低通气综合征门诊和住院评估与治疗专家共识
Julie M Neborak,Babak Mokhlesi
Julie M Neborak
Obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS) is defined by a body mass index ≥30 kg/m2, sleep-disordered breathing, daytime partial pressure of arterial carbon dioxide ≥45 mm Hg, and the exclusion of other disorders of chronic hypoventilation. ...
Catherine M Heinzinger,Reena Mehra
Catherine M Heinzinger
Sleep disordered breathing (SDB), periodic limb movements of sleep, insomnia, sleep curtailment, and sleep architectural changes are associated with cardiac arrhythmias in community-based and clinical cohort studies. Findings appear to be s...
Home Mechanical Ventilators: Indications for Use in Chronic Respiratory Failure [0.03%]
慢性呼吸衰竭家庭机械通气的指征分析
Jose Victor Jimenez,Philip J Choi
Jose Victor Jimenez
Home mechanical ventilators (HMV) are positive pressure devices that allow patients with chronic respiratory failure to live in the comfort of their own homes. HMV are more advanced than standard respiratory assist devices, providing featur...
Positive Airway Pressure Therapy and Respiratory Assist Devices: Indications for Use [0.03%]
正压通气和呼吸支持设备的使用指征
Kirat Gill,Krystle Leung
Kirat Gill
Continuous positive airway pressure is the gold standard for treatment of obstructive sleep apnea. For certain conditions, such as central sleep apnea, hypoventilation, hypercapnic respiratory failure, and restrictive lung disease, noninvas...
Jeremy E Orr,Deanna Hill,Robert L Owens
Jeremy E Orr
Opioids are widely used in acute and chronic pain management, but have significant respiratory effects that pose risks, especially in hospital settings. Opioid-induced respiratory depression occurs with opioids suppress the body's respirato...
Justin A Fiala,John M Coleman rd
Justin A Fiala
The role of noninvasive ventilation (NIV) in hypercapnic chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) respiratory failure and overlap syndrome have been confusing over the last several years. In addition, if able to understand the timing an...
Alyssa Self,Omar Mesarwi,Nicholas Phreaner et al.
Alyssa Self et al.
This article focuses on sleep disordered breathing (SDB) in patients with heart failure (HF), with an emphasis on the management in the inpatient setting. Here, we define the different types of SDB seen in patients with congestive HF, revie...