Noninvasive ventilation interfaces for high-risk infections: Implications for health care workers

Raffaele Scala; Arie Soroksky

doi:10.1007/978-3-7091-1496-4_4

Noninvasive ventilation interfaces for high-risk infections: Implications for health care workers

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Respiratory distress due to a wide spectrum of pulmonary infectious diseases—avian influenza (H5N1), varicella, aspergillosis, tuberculosis, and recently severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and swine flu (H1N1)—have been designated “emerging areas” for application of noninvasive ventilation (NIV), which is used to treat patients with acute respiratory failure [1]. Because of the peculiarities of this modality of mechanical ventilation (i.e., intentional and unintentional air leaks), however, theoretical concern has been raised about its use to treat patients with severe pneumonia caused by highly contagious microorganisms. Accordingly, NIV may increase caregivers’ exposure to infectious pathogens, leading to potentially disastrous pandemics.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Noninvasive Ventilation in High-Risk Infections and Mass Casualty Events
Publisher	Springer-Verlag Wien
Pages	29-34
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9783709114964
ISBN (Print)	9783709114957
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-1496-4_4
State	Published - 1 Jan 2014
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Acute respiratory failure
Contagious infections
Health care workers
Noninvasive ventilation

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