Cargando…

High success and low mortality rates with non-invasive ventilation in influenza A H1N1 patients in a tertiary hospital

BACKGROUND: In 2009, an outbreak of respiratory illness caused by influenza A H1N1 virus occurred worldwide. Some patients required Intensive Care Unit (ICU) admission. The use of non-invasive ventilation (NIV) in these patients is controversial, as the aerosol dispersion may contaminate the environ...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Timenetsky, Karina T, Aquino, Silvia HCT, Saghabi, Cilene, Taniguchi, Corinne, Silvia, Claudia V, Correa, Luci, Marra, Alexandre R, Eid, Raquel AC, dos Santos, Oscar FP
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3224397/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21955389
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-4-375