Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV) may benefit patients with respiratory
failure resulting from various causes. In patients with progressive neuromuscular diseases …

Study objective To compare the efficacy of standard medical therapy (ST) and noninvasive
mechanical ventilation additional to standard medical therapy in hypercapnic acute …

Background: A severely altered level of consciousness has been considered a possible
contraindication to noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV). We compared the …

Non-invasive ventilation is the provision of ventilatory support using techniques that do not
require endotracheal intubation or tracheostomy. It is an essential component of the …

Objective Noninvasive ventilation may reduce the endotracheal intubation rate in patients
with acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema. However, criteria for selecting candidates for this …

Background During the past three decades conflicting evidences have been published on
the use of non-invasive ventilation (NIV) in patients with acute cardiogenic pulmonary …

Our current state of knowledge on noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV) and
technical aspects are discussed in the present review. In patients with chronic obstructive …

Patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) are generally treated with invasive
mechanical ventilation (IMV), while few studies exist in the literature evaluating the possible …

The recent literature has refined some of the current indications for noninvasive ventilation in
the acute-care setting, including chronic pulmonary obstructive disease and cardiogenic …

Background Noninvasive ventilation (NIV) represents the delivery of positive pressure to the
lungs without inserting an endotracheal tube. Noninvasive ventilation has been successfully …