Practice guidelines on non-invasive ventilation

Patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are very sick and 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗳𝗲𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀, but recent studies have shown 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗻𝗼𝗻-𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗮𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 (𝗡𝗜𝗩). A subcommittee of the American Thoracic Society Assembly in Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology has so released 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗴𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 to help advise clinicians on the optimal management of patients with COPD and chronic hypercapnia. “Clinicians who care for these patients need information about whether to consider non-invasive ventilation and some practical advice on how to set up patients with NIV”, and we can not agree more with MD Robert L. Owens, associate professor, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, UC San Diego Health Every chance for a #qualityhealthcare has to be grasped. #savemorepeoplelives #NIV #biorespira #medicine #medicalsciences #chronicillness