TY - JOUR
T1 - Noninvasive ventilation for treating acute respiratory failure in AIDS patients with pneumocystis carinii pneumonia
AU - Confalonieri, Marco
AU - Calderini, Edo
AU - Terraciano, Susanna
AU - Chidini, Giovanna
AU - Celeste, Enza
AU - Puccio, Giacomo
AU - Gregoretti, Cesare
AU - Meduri, Umberto G.
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - Objective: To compare noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV) vs. invasive mechanical ventilation in AIDS patients with Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP)-related acute respiratory failure (ARF). Design: A single-center, prospective, case-control trial. Setting: An ICU of a private tertiary hospital specialized in infectious disease. Patients: Forty-eight AIDS patients with severe PCP-related ARF needing mechanical ventilation. Interventions: Twenty-four patients treated with NPPV by a facial mask strictly matched with 24 patients treated with invasive ventilation by endotracheal intubation. Results: Use of NPPV avoided intubation in 67% of patients, and avoidance of intubation was associated with improved survival (100% vs. 38%; P=0.003). NPPV-treated patients required fewer invasive devices (P
AB - Objective: To compare noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV) vs. invasive mechanical ventilation in AIDS patients with Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP)-related acute respiratory failure (ARF). Design: A single-center, prospective, case-control trial. Setting: An ICU of a private tertiary hospital specialized in infectious disease. Patients: Forty-eight AIDS patients with severe PCP-related ARF needing mechanical ventilation. Interventions: Twenty-four patients treated with NPPV by a facial mask strictly matched with 24 patients treated with invasive ventilation by endotracheal intubation. Results: Use of NPPV avoided intubation in 67% of patients, and avoidance of intubation was associated with improved survival (100% vs. 38%; P=0.003). NPPV-treated patients required fewer invasive devices (P
KW - Acute respiratory failure
KW - AIDS
KW - Endotracheal intubation
KW - Noninvasive ventilation
KW - Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia
KW - Survival
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U2 - 10.1007/s00134-002-1395-2
DO - 10.1007/s00134-002-1395-2
M3 - Article
C2 - 12209270
AN - SCOPUS:0036041978
SN - 0342-4642
VL - 28
SP - 1233
EP - 1238
JO - Intensive Care Medicine
JF - Intensive Care Medicine
IS - 9
ER -