Noninvasive ventilatory support for heart failure
|Noninvasive ventilatory support for heart failure
Following are the modalities of noninvasive ventilatory support which may be useful in patients with acute decompensated heart failure:
Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP)
Bilevel positive airway pressure (BiPAP)
Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NIPPV)
Use of these modalities may significantly reduce in-hospital mortality and intubation rates, compared to standard medical therapy. Non invasive ventilation is very useful in acute pulmonary edema to tide over the crisis along with medications.