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. 2021 Sep 20;11(5):727-732.
doi: 10.1080/20009666.2021.1955448. eCollection 2021.

The use of non- invasive ventilation in asthma exacerbation - a two year retrospective analysis of outcomes

Ravi Manglani  1 , Maria Landaeta  2 , Marcelo Maldonado  2 , Gregory Hoge  2 , Riyad Basir  2 , Vidya Menon  2
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The use of non- invasive ventilation in asthma exacerbation - a two year retrospective analysis of outcomes

Ravi Manglani et al. J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect. .

Abstract

Background: The use of Non-Invasive Ventilation (NIV) in acute asthma exacerbation remains controversial. Comparative data on patient characteristics that benefit from NIV in asthma exacerbation to those patients that fail NIV remains limited. Our study compares some of these patient characteristics and examines if NIV is safe and effective in carefully selected patients. Methods: Following institutional review board approval, we extracted from the electronic medical record and conducted a retrospective chart-based review of those patients who received NIV in the emergency room for a diagnosis of asthma exacerbation from January 2017 to December 2018. Results and Conclusion: The rate of failure of NIV overall was low, at 9.17%, with younger patients more likely to fail NIV (P = 0.03) and need invasive mechanical ventilation. Surprisingly, baseline asthma severity did not impact NIV failure rate, and neither did body mass index, smoking history, and a host of clinical characteristics. Understandably, the length of stay was significantly longer in the group of patients that failed NIV. There were no adverse events, such as an increased rate of barotrauma events in either group. In conclusion, this study contributes to the growing body of evidence that NIV is a safe and effective adjunct to routine care in the management of patients with asthma exacerbation.

Keywords: Noninvasive ventilation; bronchial asthma exacerbation.

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