Background and objective: To determine the efficacy of non-invasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV) and its effects upon intubation rate and mortality in ARDS.
Methods: This study was performed in the respiratory intensive care unit (ICU) at a university hospital. 20 patients who achieved the diagnostic criteria for ARDS were included. The patients were prospectively allocated into two groups: a standard therapy group and a NPPV group. Invasive mechanical ventilation indications had been determined before the study. Invasive ventilation was applied to those who in need of intubation, while those given intubation received a standard medical treatment.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
20
ARDS patients in the NPPV group showing no indications for urgent intubation received NPPV in addition to standard medical therapy, and those with indications were intubated. BIPAP Vision machine (Respironics, PA, USA) were used for NPPV.
Standard therapy group (invasive ventilation). Patients in need of endotracheal intubation were mechanically ventilated with Amadeus (Hamilton, Via Nova, Switzerland) and Esprit (Respironics, PA, USA) ventilators in the assist-control or synchronized intermittent mandatory ventilation (SIMV) mode.
Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Medical Faculty,
Eskişehir, Merkez, Turkey (Türkiye)
Intubation rate
Time frame: 48 hours
Hospital mortality
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