NON INVASIVE VENTILATION (NIV)-INDICATIONS
SUMMARY
1. Acute exacerbation of COPD: beneficial in those who have developed the cachexia of respiratory failure & hypoalbuminemia[1]
2. Cardiogenic pulmonary oedema
3. Obesity hypoventilation
4. Weaning from invasive ventilation
5. Post extubation failure
6. Chest wall & neuromuscular disease: good evidence for starting early
7. Palliative care: not for intubation
8. Bridge to transplantation
9. Elderly patients with CAP
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