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SUBMITTER: Coudroy R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6701687 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Coudroy Rémi R Frat Jean-Pierre JP Ehrmann Stephan S Pène Frédéric F Terzi Nicolas N Decavèle Maxens M Prat Gwenaël G Garret Charlotte C Contou Damien D Bourenne Jeremy J Gacouin Arnaud A Girault Christophe C Dellamonica Jean J Malacrino Dominique D Labro Guylaine G Quenot Jean-Pierre JP Herbland Alexandre A Jochmans Sébastien S Devaquet Jérôme J Benzekri Dalila D Vivier Emmanuel E Nseir Saad S Colin Gwenhaël G Thévenin Didier D Grasselli Giacomo G Assefi Mona M Guerin Claude C Bougon David D Lherm Thierry T Kouatchet Achille A Ragot Stéphanie S Thille Arnaud W AW
BMJ open 20190810 8
<h4>Introduction</h4>Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) is recommended as first-line therapy in respiratory failure of critically ill immunocompromised patients as it can decrease intubation and mortality rates as compared with standard oxygen. However, its recommendation is only conditional. Indeed, the use of NIV in this setting has been challenged recently based on results of trials finding similar outcomes with or without NIV or even deleterious effects of NIV. To date, NIV has been compared wit ...[more]