Noninvasive ventilation refers to the delivery of mechanical ventilation to the lungs using
techniques that do not require an endotracheal airway. During the first half of the 20th …

Prior studies have shown that nasal intermittent positive pressure ventilation (NIPPV) can
improve arterial blood gas values, prevent symptoms resulting from alveolar hypoventilation …

Sleep in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is commonly associated with
oxygen desaturation, which may exceed the degree of desaturation during maximum …

Die außerklinische Beatmung über einen invasiven oder nichtinvasiven Beatmungszugang
ist mittlerweile etablierter Standard. Entsprechend wurde bereits im Jahr 2010 unter der …

Background Few data are available on the long-term outcome of noninvasive positive
pressure ventilation (NPPV) for obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS). This study was …

Purpose: To review the clinical use of noninvasive positive pressure ventilation, including its
efficacy with acute and chronic forms of respiratory failure, its mechanism of action, and its …

This study was designed to evaluate the performance of movement detectors (pedometers)
in measuring daily activity of patients with chronic lung disease. Three groups of subjects …

People with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) usually die from respiratory failure unless
they use mechanical ventilation (MV). Many die of respiratory failure without being …

Sleep has well-recognized effects on breathing, including changes in central respiratory
control, airways resistance, and muscular contractility, which do not have an adverse effect …

Noninvasive ventilation refers to techniques of augmenting alveolar ventilation without an
endotracheal airway. Such techniques are, of course, not new. Attempts at assisting alveolar …