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Hospital Factors May Influence NIV Outcomes Even in Low-Evidence Use

healthmanagement.org November 10, 2017

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Strong evidence supports use of noninvasive ventilation (NIV) for patients with respiratory distress from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and heart failure – i.e., strong evidence conditions (SECs). A new study of patients hospitalised in California shows that most patients who received NIV did not have conditions with strong supporting evidence for its use, with wide institutional variation in patient selection for NIV.

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