SOCIAL QUESTIONS|health|medical science
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- non-invasive ventilation | non-invasive ventilatory assistance
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- Definition provision of ventilatory support through the patient's upper airway using a mask or similar device and without using a technique which bypasses the upper airway with a tracheal tube, laryngeal mask, or tracheostomy Reference "COM-Terminology Coordination, based on:British Thoracic Society Standards of Care Committee, 'Non-invasive ventilation in acute respiratory failure' (6.8.2020), Thorax 2002; 57:192-211."