A comparative study of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) and intermittent positive pressure ventilation (IPPV) in patients with flail chest

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GUNDUZ M., Unlugenc H., OZALEVLI M., INANOGLU K., AKMAN H.

EMERGENCY MEDICINE JOURNAL, cilt.22, sa.5, ss.325-329, 2005 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

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Introduction: The role of non-invasive positive pressure ventilation delivered through a face mask in patients with flail chest is uncertain. We conducted a prospective, randomised study of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) given via a face mask to spontaneously breathing patients compared with intermittent positive pressure ventilation (IPPV) with endotracheal intubation (ETI) in 52 patients with flail chest who required mechanical ventilation.