Non-invasive ventilation in the treatment of ventilatory failure following corrective spinal surgery
Doherty, M. J. ; Millner, P. A. ; Latham, M. ; Dickson, R. A. ; Elliott, M. W.
Oxford, UK : Blackwell Science Ltd
Published 2001
Oxford, UK : Blackwell Science Ltd
Published 2001
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1365-2044
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Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
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Medicine
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Non-invasive positive pressure ventilation has previously been used successfully to treat both acute and chronic ventilatory failure secondary to a number of conditions, including scoliosis. We report two patients in whom it was used, on three separate occasions, to treat acute ventilatory failure following corrective spinal surgery. Non-invasive positive pressure ventilation may be useful postoperatively in high-risk patients undergoing major spinal surgery in an attempt to prevent intubation and its attendant complications.
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Electronic Resource
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