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Comparative Analysis of Autonomic Modulation in a Woman with Acute Asthma Submitted to Noninvasive Ventilation with Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure in an Intensive Care Unit

Etiene Farah Teixeira de Carvalho, Natália Pereira da Silva, Evelim Leal de Freitas Dantas Gomes, Aline Priscila Pretti, Ivan Peres Costa, Luciana Maria Malosá Sampaio

Med Sci Tech 2015; 56:10-13

DOI: 10.12659/MST.893003

Available online: 2015-01-15

Published: 2015-01-15


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Background: The aim of this study was to analyze the effect of bilevel positive airway pressure on the modulation of the autonomic nervous system in a patient with acute asthma under intensive care.
Case Report: A 34-year-old woman was admitted to the intensive care unit with a diagnosis of severe asthma and submitted to analysis of autonomic modulation before, during, and after the use of bilevel positive airway pressure.
Conclusions: Non-invasive ventilation support in the form of bilevel positive airway pressure affected autonomic modulation in a patient undergoing a severe acute asthma attack, leading to sympathetic/vagal balance during use that was maintained after the procedure was completed. The findings demonstrate that mechanical stimulation can affect autonomic balance.

Keywords: Asthma, Autonomic Nervous System, Heart Rate



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