Use of CPAP in ED: a comparison between two different systems

In the ED, CPAP is frequently delivered via Venturi-generators, that afford high flows at a FiO2 that rarely exceedes 50% at the cost of lowering flow and preventing continuous pressure to be maintained. In recent years a different tool, the Boussignac system, that employes multiple O2 jets inside a...

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Main Authors: Paolo Groff, Fabrizio Giostra, Nicola Di Battista, Federico Miglio, Mario Cavazza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2006-02-01
Series:Emergency Care Journal
Online Access:http://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/ecj/article/view/1348