title: [INTERFACE SELECTION IN NON-INVASIVE MECHANICAL VENTILATION IN CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Non-invasive ventilation is used with a mechanical ventilator and an interface that is interposed between the patient and the ventilator without invading the airway. It is an alternative to the artificial airway in situations of acute respiratory insufficiency.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Determine if the selection of an appropriate interface to the contour of the patient's face and the pathology involves the triumph or failure of the procedure, deeming it is a dependent variable in the success of the NIV.
  
  
  METHODS
  Research bibliographic in PubMed, with secondary search in the Cochrane Library and CUIDEN. Includes the articles published since 2000 in adults. No limitations have been imposed on study design, type of intervention or results of the publications. The articles are reviewed to determine their relevance and draw conclusions. The heterogeneity of designs prevents statistical combination of results and a review was conducted descriptive.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were 67 publications of which 28 were rejected by may not be related to the reason for this study, 12 to be made in pediatric population, 8 per language, 2 to be carried out on animals and 1 to be duplicated. The 16 included studies attest to the effectiveness of the NIV with studies not comparable between different interfaces.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The consulted evidence suggests the benefits of NIV it insisting on the great importance of the interface to tolerance and successful of the technique. The studies are heterogeneous in its design but the authors suggest continue developing better interfaces, with greater tolerance and fewer complications.
authors.forename: Santiago García
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Sánchez-Morago
authors.forename: Ma Elvira
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Migallón Buitrago
mesh_terms: D016638:Critical Illness / Q000628:therapy*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D063087:Noninvasive Ventilation / Q000295:instrumentation*