Predicting Failure of Non-invasive Ventilation among patients admitted at ShethL.G. General Hospital, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India-A retrospective study

Purpose of the study, is to find out if Non Invasive Ventilation (NIV) failure can be predicted, on the basis of the information available at initial point of a contact with patient.

This is the retrospective study of patients which were admitted to AMC MET Medical College, ShethL.G. General Hospital, Ahmedabad during the years 2014–2015. Patients were assign, to one of the two groups covering the successful NIV treatment & NIV failure.

90 patients were incorporated in the study& two groups were compare on the variables accessible at initial point of contact with patient. Patients in which NIV treatment failed did had elevated levels of the C-reactive protein (p=0.04). Multivariate analysis showed that an odds ratio, of 1.13 for NIV failure; associated with increased respiratory rate. NIV was less likely to fall short in patients with the recognized Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (p=0.05).

In this current study NIV failure, was found to be associated with the elevated levels of the C-reactive protein tended to have the elevated respiratory rates.