Contraindications - Weinmann Homecare CPAP 20e Manual

2.2 Contraindications

The CPAP 20e should not be used with certain diseases or only with particular caution. In
each case the decision whether to use CPAP 20e for therapy lies with the doctor in charge.
These include:
• cardiac decompensation
• severe heart arrhythmia
• severe hypotension, particularly in conjunction with intravascular volume
depletion
• severe epistaxis
• high risk of barotrauma
• ventilatory insufficiency due to a cause other than OSA
• nocturnal hypoxemia due to a cause other than OSA (obesity
hypoventilation syndrome)
• pneumothorax or pneumomediastinum
• pneumo-encephalus
• head injury
• status after brain operation and surgical procedure performed on
hypophysis or on middle or inner ear
• acute inflammation of the sinuses (sinusitis), middle ear inflammation
(otitis media) or perforated eardrum
• dehydration
Threatening situations were not observed with CPAP 20e.
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