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SUBMITTER: Lee M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9158409 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lee Misoon M So Jinyoung J Woo Younghoon Y Jung Jaewoong J Chung Yang-Hoon YH Koo Bon-Sung BS
The Journal of international medical research 20220501 5
Compared with invasive mechanical ventilation, noninvasive ventilation (NIV) improves patient comfort and neurocognitive function; and reduces the likelihood of nosocomial infections and the need for sedation. NIV can also be used perioperatively to prevent postoperative pulmonary complications. This current report describes a case of a 64-year-old female patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and chronic respiratory failure that underwent spinal anaesthesia during surgery. She was s ...[more]