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Title: The use of noninvasive ventilation outside the intensive care unit: a clinical case report
Authors: Romano, Annamaria
Salvati, Armenio
Romano, Rosalba
Mastroberardino, Michele
Keywords: Pneumonia;Legionella pneumophila;Noninvasive ventilation
Issue Date: 2013
Citation: Romano A, Salvati A, Romano R, Mastroberardino M. The use of noninvasive ventilation outside the intensive care unit: a clinical case report. Translational Medicine @ UniSa 2013;5(10):34-36
Abstract: Noninvasive Ventilation (NIV) is one of the best weapon at our disposal to treat respiratory failure. The early use of NIV out of the Intensive Care Unit can improve patients’ outcome. A 58-year-old man affected by severe bilateral pneumonia caused by Legionella Pneumophila was treated with Noninvasive Ventilation in extra Intensive Care Unit until the evidence of a marked improvement of clinical and radiological state.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10556/656
ISSN: 2239-9747
Appears in Collections:Translational Medicine @ UniSa. Vol.5 (jan.-apr. 2013)



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