Negative pressure ventilation in the treatment of acute respiratory failure: an old noninvasive technique reconsidered.
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| Abstract |
Noninvasive mechanical ventilatory techniques include the use of negative and positive pressure ventilators. Negative pressure ventilators, such as the "iron lung", support ventilation by exposing the surface of the chest wall to subatmospheric pressure during inspiration; whereas, expiration occurs when the pressure around the chest wall increases and becomes atmospheric or greater than atmospheric. In this review, after a description of the more advanced models of tank ventilators and the physiological effects of negative pressure ventilation (NPV), we summarize the recent application of this old technique in the treatment of acute respiratory failure (ARF). Several uncontrolled studies suggest that NPV may have a potential therapeutic role in the treatment of acute on chronic respiratory failure in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and restrictive thoracic disorders, reducing the need for endotracheal intubation. In the paediatric field, after substantial technical improvement, NPV has been successfully reintroduced for the treatment of ARF due to neonatal distress syndrome and bronchopulmonary dysplasia, and for the weaning from positive pressure ventilation in intubated patients. The positive results of these reports need to be formally confirmed by further prospective and controlled studies before recommending the generalized use of negative pressure ventilation in acute respiratory failure as a standard of care.
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| Authors | A Corrado, M Gorini, G Villella, E De Paola |
| Journal | The European respiratory journal (Eur Respir J) Vol. 9 Issue 7 Pg. 1531-44 (Jul 1996) ISSN: 0903-1936 [Print] England |
| PMID | 8836670 (Publication Type: Historical Article, Journal Article, Review) |
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