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Balfour, Liezl
(University of Pretoria, 2011)
Despite the advantages of using NIV, healthcare professionals are not in agreement about precisely when to commence NIV (Elliott, Confalonieri& Nava 2002:1159; Lightowler, Wedzicha, Elliott&Ram 2003: [4]; Garpestad &Hill ...
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Balfour, Liezl
(University of Pretoria, 2020)
Introduction: Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) is an alternative method for
providing safe mechanical ventilatory assistance to adult patients
presenting with acute respiratory failure. Internationally the utilisation of
NIV ...