Believe it or not, there is not a lot of data regarding using noninvasive ventilation, also called NIV or BiPAP to care for patients with acute asthma exacerbations. The data is actually quite limited, unfortunately. This paper published a few days ago in the AJRCCM took a retrospective look at a large number of patients throughout the US to see how using NIV or BiPAP in acute asthma exacerbations improved outcomes for our patients.
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Citation
Althoff MD, Holguin F, Yang F, Grunwald GK, Moss M, Vandivier RW, Ho PM, Kiser TH, Burnham EL. Noninvasive Ventilation Use in Critically Ill Patients with Acute Asthma Exacerbations. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2020 Dec 1;202(11):1520-1530. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201910-2021OC. PMID: 32663410; PMCID: PMC7706169.
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