Hospitals' Patterns of Use of Noninvasive Ventilation in Patients With Asthma Exacerbation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Limited data are available on the use of noninvasive ventilation in patients with asthma exacerbations. The objective of this study was to characterize hospital patterns of noninvasive ventilation use in patients with asthma and to evaluate the association with the use of invasive mechanical ventilation and case fatality rate.

Methods

This cross-sectional study used an electronic medical record dataset, which includes comprehensive pharmacy and laboratory results from 58 hospitals. Data on 13,558 patients admitted from 2009 to 2012 were analyzed. Initial noninvasive ventilation (NIV) or invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) was defined as the first ventilation method during hospitalization. Hospital-level risk-standardized rates of NIV among all admissions with as

SUBMITTER: Stefan MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4944771 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature