Noninvasive Ventilation for Critically Ill Subjects With Acute Respiratory Failure in the Emergency Department

We aimed to investigate the association between noninvasive ventilation (NIV) initiated in the emergency department and patient outcomes for those requiring invasive mechanical ventilation so that we could understand the effect of extended NIV use (ie, > 4 h) prior to invasive mechanical ventilation on patient outcomes.We conducted a retrospective single-center cohort study at an academic tertiary care hospital center. All emergency department...