title: [Noninvasive postoperative ventilation using a buccal mask].
abstract: In this preliminary study we assessed the feasibility and efficiency of non-invasive ventilation (NIV) with a buccal mask (NIV-BM), not fitted with a mouthpiece, in surgical patients in acute respiratory failure whose lungs could not be ventilated with a face mask. In the eight patients enrolled in the study, NIV-BM increased tidal volume, decreased respiratory rate and improved PaO2. In two patients the trachea had to be intubated and one of them died of septic shock. NIV-BM can act as a valuable alternative in surgical patients in acute respiratory failure in whom a face mask cannot be used because of leaks or bad tolerance.
authors.affiliation: Hôpital Gilles de Corbeil, Corbeil-Essonnes, France.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lherm
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004867:Equipment Design; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D006801:Humans; D008397:Masks; D008875:Middle Aged; D009055:Mouth; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D011182:Postoperative Care; D012119:Respiration; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D013990:Tidal Volume
chemical_list: D010100:Oxygen