From: Noninvasive mechanical ventilation in asthma crisis: an alternative ventilatory therapy to endotracheal intubation
Groups
n
Success
UCI stays
Complications
Mortality
Non-invasive
8
50%
4 ± 2
Skin lesion
0
Endotracheal intubation
12
30%
12 ± 6
Neumothorax n=2
20%
Venturi mask
5
70%
7 ± 3