Non-invasive mechanical ventilation (NIV) was originally used in patients with acute
respiratory compromises or exacerbations of chronic respiratory diseases as an alternative …

Nocturnal noninvasive ventilation (NNV), the provision of ventilatory assistance via a
noninvasive interface mainly during sleep, has assumed an important role in the …

Objective Noninvasive ventilation with pressure support (NIV-PS) therapy can augment
ventilation; however, such therapy is fixed and may not adapt to varied patient needs. We …

Acute ventilatory failure in patients with severe hypercapnic and hypoxemic respiratory
failure may require endotracheal intubation (ETI) and invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) …

BACKGROUND: In patients with restrictive thoracic disease, little is known about changes in
sleep and breathing if the patient stops using nocturnal noninvasive ventilation (NIV). Better …

Background: Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) has been shown to be the most appropriate
therapy for COPD patients with chronic respiratory failure. While physiological parameters …

In this paper, we review the effects of nocturnal mechanical ventilation on sleep. Indeed,
although non-invasive assisted ventilation during sleep has been applied extensively, the …

This chapter addresses the use of long-term non-invasive positive pressure ventilation
(NIPPV)(to the exclusion of continuous positive airway pressure) in the different clinical …

Recent years have seen the emergence of noninvasive ventilation (NIV) as an important tool
for management of patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary …

Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) via nasal or full face mask can be applied in respiratory failure
due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) both in the acute and long-term …