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Table 1 Selection criteria for noninvasive ventilation candidates

From: Clinical review: Noninvasive ventilation in the clinical setting – experience from the past 10 years

Conscious and cooperative patient (the patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease may be an exception)

No need for urgent intubation to protect the airways or to remove copious secretions

No acute facial trauma (helmet interface may permit an exception in selected cases)

No recent gastroesophageal surgery

No active gastrointestinal bleeding

No impairment in swallowing

Hemodynamic and rhythm stability

Adequate fitting of the interface