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Practice Guideline
. 2011 Feb 22;183(3):E195-214.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.100071. Epub 2011 Feb 14.

Clinical practice guidelines for the use of noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation and noninvasive continuous positive airway pressure in the acute care setting

Sean P Keenan  1 , Tasnim Sinuff, Karen E A Burns, John Muscedere, Jim Kutsogiannis, Sangeeta Mehta, Deborah J Cook, Najib Ayas, Neill K J Adhikari, Lori Hand, Damon C Scales, Rose Pagnotta, Lynda Lazosky, Graeme Rocker, Sandra Dial, Kevin Laupland, Kevin Sanders, Peter Dodek; Canadian Critical Care Trials Group/Canadian Critical Care Society Noninvasive Ventilation Guidelines Group
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Practice Guideline

Clinical practice guidelines for the use of noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation and noninvasive continuous positive airway pressure in the acute care setting

Sean P Keenan et al. CMAJ. .
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Figure 1:
Summary of search results. ALI = acute lung injury, ARDS = acute respiratory distress syndrome, CAP = community-acquired pneumonia, CMV = conventional mechanical ventilation, COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, CPAP = continuous positive airway pressure, CPE = cardiogenic pulmonary edema, NIV = noninvasive ventilation, RCT = randomized controlled trial.
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