Non-invasive ventilation in the treatment of ventilatory failure following corrective spinal surgery.
Non-invasive positive pressure ventilation has previously been used successfully to treat both acute and chronic ventilatory failure secondary to a number of conditions, including scoliosis. We report two patients in whom it was used, on three separate occasions, to treat acute ventilatory failure following corrective spinal surgery. Non-invasive positive pressure ventilation may be useful postoperatively in high-risk patients undergoing major spinal surgery in an attempt to prevent intubation and its attendant complications.
Department of Respiratory Medicine, St. James's University Hospital, Beckett Street, Leeds, UK.
M J
MJ
Doherty
P A
PA
Millner
M
M
Latham
R A
RA
Dickson
M W
MW
Elliott
D000293:Adolescent; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000097:blood; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D010313:Partial Pressure; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000628:therapy*; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000601:surgery*
D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D010100:Oxygen