FREE NEJM E-TOC    HOME   |   SUBSCRIBE   |   CURRENT ISSUE   |   PAST ISSUES   |   COLLECTIONS   |   Search Term  Advanced Search

Sign in | Get NEJM's E-Mail Table of Contents — Free | Subscribe

Previous Volume 340:150-151 January 14, 1999 Number 2 Next

	Since this article has no abstract, we have provided an extract of the first 100 words of the full text and any section headings.

	Full Text Purchase this article Add to Personal Archive Add to Citation Manager Notify a Friend E-mail When Cited Related Article by Antonelli, M. PubMed Citation

To the Editor: Antonelli et al. (Aug. 13 issue)¹ concluded that noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation was as effective as conventional mechanical ventilation in patients with acute respiratory failure and was associated with fewer serious complications and shorter stays in the intensive care unit.

With regard to the duration of ventilation, the timing of the initiation and the mode of weaning differed in the two groups. Patients assigned to receive noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation were "evaluated daily . . . without ventilatory support for 15 minutes," and ventilatory support was discontinued if they met certain criteria. This trial of spontaneous breathing is equivalent . . . [Full Text of this Article]

References

HOME  |  SUBSCRIBE  |  SEARCH  |  CURRENT ISSUE  |  PAST ISSUES  |  COLLECTIONS  |  PRIVACY  |  TERMS OF USE  |  HELP  |  beta.nejm.org Comments and questions? Please contact us. The New England Journal of Medicine is owned, published, and copyrighted © 2009 Massachusetts Medical Society. All rights reserved.