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) |
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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 |