Association of Noninvasive Ventilation With Nosocomial Infections and Survival in Critically III Patients

Article Abstract:

Delivering artificial respiration through a face mask or nose mask can lower the risk of infection in patients in an intensive care unit (ICU). Normally, patients are placed on a ventilator, but this increases their risk of infection. In a study of 100 ICU patients, those who received non-invasive ventilation had fewer infections, used less antibiotics, spent less time in the ICU and had lower mortality rates.

France, Nosocomial infections, Cross infection

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Secular trends in nosocomial infections and mortality associated with noninvasive ventilation in patients with exacerbation of COPD and pulmonary edema

Article Abstract:

Non-invasive artificial respiration may be better for many critically ill patients than being placed on a mechanical ventilator, according to a study of 479 patients treated in one hospital's intensive care unit between 1994 and 2001. During non-invasive artificial respiration, the patient receives air through a facial mask and does not need to have a tube placed down the airway. Patients who received this treatment were much less likely to die or to develop pneumonia.

Evaluation

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Influence of airway management on ventilator-associated pneumonia: evidence from randomized trials

Article Abstract:

Various methods of managing patients on ventilators may be effective in lowering the risk of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). VAP is linked to increased mortality in critically ill patients. Researchers reviewed clinical trials that evaluated certain procedures for reducing the risk of VAP. The most effective procedures were using humidifiers and heat and moisture exchangers as well as suctioning secretions from the tube connecting the patient's airway to the ventilator.

Complications and side effects, Pneumonia

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