Qualifying Patients for Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation Devices on Hospital Discharge

• related: Pulmonology
• tags: #literature

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• There are many times of NIV machines
  • CPAP
  • BPAP spontaneous and spontaneous/timed (back up respiratory rate)
  • BPAP VAPS: volume assured. Kind of like AVAPS, consistent volume.
  • BPAP ASV: consistent flow

Causes of ACHRF

• restrictive lung disease, COPD, OHS, OSA

Insurance

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Restrictive Lung Disease

COPD

CSA

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Links to this note

• Pulmonology
  • Qualifying Patients for Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation Devices on Hospital Discharge
• Sleep and Sleep Disordered Breathing
  • Qualifying Patients for Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation Devices on Hospital Discharge

Footnotes

1. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32798519/ ↩

2. https://www.bcbsnd.com/providers/policies-precertification/medical-policy/r/respiratory-assist-devices ↩