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    Complications associated with the use of non-invasive mechanical ventilation in patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the adult emergency service
    (Universidad Privada Norbert Wiener, 2020-01-05) Espinoza Pizarro, Judith; Arevalo Marcos, Rodolfo Amado
    Objective: Systematize evidence on the complications associated with the use of NIV in patients with exacerbated COPD, thus putting into practice the appropriate application of nursing care in these patients, for the prevention of these complications. Material and Methods: The quantitative observational and retrospective systematic review was used, which were subjected to critical selection, the Grade evaluation system was used, the degree of evidence of the 10 articles systematically reviewed was identified. Results: 100% (n= 10/10) determined that there are complications associated with the use of non-invasive mechanical ventilation in patients with exacerbated COPD, the most notable being: lacerations on the forehead and nose (70%), discomfort, being responsible 12 to 30% of NIV failures, gastric distention, dry eyes and mouth. Conclusion: There are complications associated with the use of NIV in patients with exacerbated COPD: lacerations, on the forehead and nose, and they are related to the patient and ventilator interface at the time of placing the mask on the patients, dry eyes and mouth, feeling of claustrophobia, anxiety, restlessness, gastric distension, aspiration pneumonia.