Abstract:Objective To investigate the possibility of using Early Goal-Directed Sedation (EGDS) in the treatment of AECOPD patients with noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NIPP) and its effect on the respiratory function, endotracheal intubation rate, blood pressure. Methods Ninety-eight AECOPD patients with NIPPV were enrolled in this prospective study. The patients were randomly divided into the EGDS group (56 cases) and the control group (42 cases). The EGDS group: The sedative drug dexmedetomidine was administered immediately after admission to ICU. Within 1 to 2 hours, the target of sedation was RASS score- 2 to 1 point. The control group: These patients were under the same treatment but without sedative. Oxygenation index, mean arterial pressure (MAP), heart rate (HR), the indicators of the arterial blood gas analysis (pH, PCO2, PO2), previous hospitalization frequency (HF) were recorded before sedation and after sedation 2 hours and 4 hours. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed for patients with tracheal intubation. Results Sex, age, previous hospitalization frequency and BMI were no significant difference between the two groups (P?>?0.05). The results of repeated measurements of variance analysis showed that:① The respiratory frequencies at different time points were different (P??0.05). By Logistic regression analysis, BMI [OlR = 0.57, (95% CI: 0.36, 0.89)] and previous hospitalization frequency [OlR=2.256, (95% CI: 143, 3.56)] were independently predicted endotracheal intubation. Conclusions EGDS might be considered as an effective and safe treatment for AECOPD patients with NIPPV. Both the number of hospitalizations and the lower BMI may indicate that the patient needs tracheal intubation.