PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Michael Davies
AU  - Martin Allen
AU  - Andrew Bentley
AU  - Stephen C Bourke
AU  - Ben Creagh-Brown
AU  - Rachel D’Oliveiro
AU  - Alastair Glossop
AU  - Alasdair Gray
AU  - Phillip Jacobs
AU  - Ravi Mahadeva
AU  - Rachael Moses
AU  - Ian Setchfield
TI  - British Thoracic Society Quality Standards for acute non-invasive ventilation in adults
AID  - 10.1136/bmjresp-2018-000283
DP  - 2018 Apr 01
TA  - BMJ Open Respiratory Research
PG  - e000283
VI  - 5
IP  - 1
4099  - http://bmjopenrespres.bmj.com/content/5/1/e000283.short
4100  - http://bmjopenrespres.bmj.com/content/5/1/e000283.full
SO  - BMJ Open Resp Res2018 Apr 01; 5
AB  - Introduction The purpose of the quality standards document is to provide healthcare professionals, commissioners, service providers and patients with a guide to standards of care that should be met for the provision of acute non-invasive ventilation in adults together with measurable markers of good practice.Methods Development of British Thoracic Society (BTS) Quality Standards follows the BTS process of quality standard production based on the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence process manual for the development of quality standards.Results 6 quality statements have been developed, each describing a standard of care for the provision of acute non-invasive ventilation in the UK, together with measurable markers of good practice.Conclusion BTS Quality Standards for acute non-invasive ventilation in adults form a key part of the range of supporting materials that the Society produces to assist in the dissemination and implementation of guideline’s recommendations.