Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation Principles And Applications

Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation offers practical, evidence-based advice from experienced authors on the selection of appropriate patients, equipment and techniques used in the initiation of noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV). It discusses how to anticipate and resolve possible problem scenarios, and how to implement and monitor NPPV programs both in hospitals and in the patient''s home.Defined as ventilatory assistance given without the need for an invasive airway, NPPV is often preferred over invasive mechanical ventilation because it is more convenient to use, more comfortable for the patient, and avoids complications of invasive mechanical ventilation including upper airway trauma, nosocomial pneumonias, sinusitis and sepsis. However, recipients of NPPV must be carefully selected and considerable skill and experience are necessary for successful implementation. This book aims to provide readers with knowledge that will contribute to that success.Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation will inform pulmonary internists and pediatricians, pulmonary physiatrists and physicians, nurses and respiratory therapists who are involved in the management of patients with respiratory failure, critical care physicians and nurses, and trainees and students who have an interest in mechanical ventilation.

Nicolino Ambrosino, M.D. Lung Function and Respiratory Rehabilitation Unit, Salvatore Maugeri Foundation, IRCCS, Medical Center of Gussago (BS), Italy Mark W. Elliott, M.D., M.R.C.P. St. James's University Hospital, Leeds, United Kingdom Peter C. Gay, M.D. Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota Dean Hess, Ph.D., R.R.T. Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston Nicholas S. Hill, M.D. Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence DeLynn Johnston, B.S., R.R.T. Mallinckrodt, Inc., St. Louis, Missouri David M. Lang, M.D. John Hopkins University School of Medicine, Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland Patrick Leger, M.D. Service de Pneumologie, Centre Medical Eduard Rist, Paris, France W. Gerald Teague, M.D. Emory School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia Michele Vitacca, M.D. Lung Function and Respiratory Rehabilitation Unit, Salvatore Maugeri Foundation, IRCCS, Medical Center of Gussago (BS), Italy