Skip to main content
Canadian Family Physician logoLink to Canadian Family Physician
. 2001 Feb;47:269–270.

Just the Berries. Use of CPAP and BiPAP in acute respiratory failure.

S Rappard 1, J Hickey 1
PMCID: PMC2016241  PMID: 11228026

Full Text

The Full Text of this article is available as a PDF (25.2 KB).

Selected References

These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.

  1. Antonelli M., Conti G., Rocco M., Bufi M., De Blasi R. A., Vivino G., Gasparetto A., Meduri G. U. A comparison of noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation and conventional mechanical ventilation in patients with acute respiratory failure. N Engl J Med. 1998 Aug 13;339(7):429–435. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199808133390703. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  2. Bersten A. D., Holt A. W., Vedig A. E., Skowronski G. A., Baggoley C. J. Treatment of severe cardiogenic pulmonary edema with continuous positive airway pressure delivered by face mask. N Engl J Med. 1991 Dec 26;325(26):1825–1830. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199112263252601. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  3. Bradley T. D. Continuous positive airway pressure for congestive heart failure. CMAJ. 2000 Feb 22;162(4):535–536. [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  4. Brochard L., Mancebo J., Wysocki M., Lofaso F., Conti G., Rauss A., Simonneau G., Benito S., Gasparetto A., Lemaire F. Noninvasive ventilation for acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. N Engl J Med. 1995 Sep 28;333(13):817–822. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199509283331301. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  5. Hillberg R. E., Johnson D. C. Noninvasive ventilation. N Engl J Med. 1997 Dec 11;337(24):1746–1752. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199712113372407. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  6. Kramer N., Meyer T. J., Meharg J., Cece R. D., Hill N. S. Randomized, prospective trial of noninvasive positive pressure ventilation in acute respiratory failure. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 1995 Jun;151(6):1799–1806. doi: 10.1164/ajrccm.151.6.7767523. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  7. Lin M., Yang Y. F., Chiang H. T., Chang M. S., Chiang B. N., Cheitlin M. D. Reappraisal of continuous positive airway pressure therapy in acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema. Short-term results and long-term follow-up. Chest. 1995 May;107(5):1379–1386. doi: 10.1378/chest.107.5.1379. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  8. Meduri G. U. Noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation in patients with acute respiratory failure. Clin Chest Med. 1996 Sep;17(3):513–553. doi: 10.1016/s0272-5231(05)70330-0. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  9. Mehta S., Jay G. D., Woolard R. H., Hipona R. A., Connolly E. M., Cimini D. M., Drinkwine J. H., Hill N. S. Randomized, prospective trial of bilevel versus continuous positive airway pressure in acute pulmonary edema. Crit Care Med. 1997 Apr;25(4):620–628. doi: 10.1097/00003246-199704000-00011. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  10. Poponick J. M., Renston J. P., Bennett R. P., Emerman C. L. Use of a ventilatory support system (BiPAP) for acute respiratory failure in the emergency department. Chest. 1999 Jul;116(1):166–171. doi: 10.1378/chest.116.1.166. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

Articles from Canadian Family Physician are provided here courtesy of College of Family Physicians of Canada

RESOURCES