title: [Perioperative use of noninvasive ventilation].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Noninvasive mask ventilation is in some cases of respiratory failure the treatment of choice. It is used in cases of acute respiratory failure. We report about perioperative application of noninvasive mask ventilation.
  
  
  METHODS
  We treated 25 patients with respiratory failure pre- and/or postoperative with noninvasive mask ventilation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The success rate in all patients was 68%, but it was very different in respect to the varying causes of respiratory failure.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  With noninvasive mask ventilation it is possible to avoid in some patients with acute postoperative respiratory failure complications who are referred to intubation. In patients with postoperative decompensation of chronic respiratory failure postoperative treatment becomes easier, in extraordinary cases the method makes surgery possible.
authors.affiliation: Pneumologische Klinik und Abteilung für Thoraxchirurgie im Zentralkrankenhaus Gauting.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Karg
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bullemer
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Thetter
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007384:Intermittent Positive-Pressure Breathing; D008173:Lung Diseases, Obstructive / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D008397:Masks; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D011300:Preoperative Care; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
vernacular_title: Perioperativer Einsatz nichtinvasiver Beatmung.