Murray and Nadel Ch 136 Noninvasive Support of Ventilation

• related: Murray and Nadel Textbook of Respiratory Medicine
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Home Noninvasive Ventilation

• home NIV is indicated in hypoventilation during sleep

• AHRF: acute hypercapnic respiratory failure
• CPAP or BPAP have similar data for mortality outcome
• Start with CPAP first, unless patient has acute hypercapnic respiratory failure

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• Murray and Nadel Textbook of Respiratory Medicine
  • Murray and Nadel Ch 136 Noninvasive Support of Ventilation
• use sniff test to diagnose diaphragmatic paralysis
  • [^1]: Murray and Nadel Ch 136 Noninvasive Support of Ventilation