Contraindications - Weinmann VENTIlogic LS Instructions For Use Manual

3.2 Contraindications

The therapy device should not be used or should be used only with particular caution in
the case of the following diseases. In the individual case, the decision about therapy is the
responsibility of the doctor supervising treatment.
• Cardiac decompensation
• Severe cardiac arrhythmia
• Severe hypotension, particularly in combination with intravascular volume
depletion
• Severe epistaxis
• High risk of barotrauma
• Pneumothorax or pneumomediastinum
• Pneumoencephalus
• Skull trauma
• Status following brain surgery and following surgical intervention at the pituitary
gland or the middle/inner ear
• Acute sinusitis, otitis media or perforated eardrum
• Dehydration
Mask ventilation must particularly not be used in the case of severe swallowing disorders
(bulbar disorders) with the risk of aspirations.
Dangerous situations involving this therapy device have not yet been observed.
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