Overview

• In a randomized pilot at Mohammed V Military Teaching Hospital in Rabat, 8 of 10 patients receiving hypnosis completed non‑invasive ventilation without sedation versus 5 of 10 with standard care.
• Patients reported higher comfort with hypnosis, scoring 7.5 out of 10 compared with 4.3 in the control group.
• After four hours, the hypnosis group showed greater reductions in blood carbon dioxide and normalization of acidity levels.
• The intervention used a structured session delivered by a physician trained in medical hypnosis, and the study was small, single‑center, and unblinded with consent constraints in emergencies.
• Findings were presented at the European Emergency Medicine Congress in Vienna (Abstract OA019), and the team plans a multicenter study assessing hospital stay, intubation rates and mortality.