Noninvasive Nasal Mask Ventilation for Acute Respiratory Failure Bernard E. Pennock, Ph.D., Linda Crawshaw, R.N., B.S.N., Peter D. Kaplan, M.D., F.C.C.P CHEST Volume 105, Issue 2, Pages 441-444 (February 1994) DOI: 10.1378/chest.105.2.441 Copyright © 1994 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Percentage of patients vs type of respiratory failure. A indicates pure hypoxemia respiratory failure, and E indicates pure hypercapnic respiratory failure; B, C, and D indicate mixed failure, intermittent weighting between A and E. The clear bar represents patients in special care, phase 1, and the solid bar indicates patients in the transition phase 2. CHEST 1994 105, 441-444DOI: (10.1378/chest.105.2.441) Copyright © 1994 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions