How to detect and manage patient ventilator asynchrony in non-invasive ventilation

13 Oct 2022 09:30 10:00
Function Room 8 and 9, Ground Mezzanine Floor

Non-Invasive Ventilation (NIV) refers to the delivery of assisted ventilator support via a face mask, nasal mask or a helmet as interface. In carefully selected patients this mode of oxygen delivery has shown to be beneficial in the management of respiratory failure. However, failure rate of NIV is reported to be as high as 40% and asynchrony identified as a leading cause. There are many contributing factors to asynchrony on NIV and thus identification and implementation of strategies to ensure success of this modality is priority.