Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) by face mask
- 1 September 1980
- journal article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Critical Care Medicine
- Vol. 8 (9) , 483-485
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00003246-198009000-00001
Abstract
The authors studied the use of CPAP by face mask in 44 patients with mild to moderate acute respiratory insufficiency (mean PaO2/FIO2 = 171 +/- 42 (SD). All patients improved their oxygenation (mean PaO2/FIO2 = 300 +/- 68 (SD) after the application of CPAP (mean 9 +/- 3 (SD) cm H2O). One patient developed a respiratory acidemia and was intubated. No other significant complications or adverse side effects occurred. The authors conclude that CPAP by face mask in a select group of patients will improve lung function and arterial oxygenation without the use of tracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation.Keywords
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