Quick question - having worked in Australia for a while, I saw a few 'bad' asthmatics
avoid the intubation route with the use of CPAP. Having returned and used it
sucessfully once here I had (second hand) information that the Repiratory Physicians
weren't pleased as it's not in any protocols/guidelines.
Admittedly I cannot find any hard evidence for it's use in Asthma and the arguments
about increasing their already high intrathoracic pressure make sense.
Would anyone else use it? Has anyone else seen it used?
Paul Redman
SpR Mayday Hospital
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