Noninvasive Ventilation in High-Risk Infections and Mass Casualty Events

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Esquinas, Antonio M. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Vienna : Springer Vienna : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Anesthesiology.; Emergency medicine.; Critical care medicine.; Respiratory organs > Diseases.; Pediatrics.; Medicine & Public Health.; Emergency Services.; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine.; Emergency Medicine.; Pneumology/Respiratory System.

The past few decades have seen major impacts of different pandemics and mass casualty events on health resource use in terms of rising healthcare costs and increased mortality. In this context, the development of acute respiratory failure in patients requires the use of mechanical ventilation, eithe...