Author/Editor		Gonçalves, Gil; Saeed, Haitham; Abdelrahim, Mohamed E; Harb, Hadeer S; Madney, Yasmin M; Eng, Kevin; Reazaul Karim, Habib Mohammad; El-Khatib, Mohamad F.; Mina, Bushra; Skoczyński, Szymon; Šarc, Irena
Title		Non-invasive ventilation in patients with an altered level of consciousness
Type		članek
Vol. and No.		Letnik 88, št. 3
Publication year		2020
Volume		str. 233-244
ISSN		2543-6031
Language		eng
Abstract		Non-invasive ventilation has gained an increasingly pivotal role in the treatment of acute hypoxemic and/or hypercapnic respiratory failure and offers multiple advantages over invasive mechanical ventilation. Some of these advantages include the preservation of airway defense mechanisms, a reduced need for sedation, and an avoidance of complications related to endotracheal intubation. Despite its advantages, non-invasive ventilation has some contraindications that include, among them, severe encephalopathy. In this review article, the rationale, evidence, and drawbacks of the use of noninvasive ventilation in the context of hypercapnic and non-hypercapnic patients with an altered level of consciousness are analyzed.
Descriptors		Noninvasive ventilation Brain diseases Consciousness disorders Coma Neinvazivna ventilacija Možganske bolezni Motnje zavesti
Keywords		spremenjena stanja zavesti encefalopatija altered consciousness encephalopathy