Non Invasive Artificial Ventilation How, When and Why /

• Main Authors: Nava, Stefano (Author), Fanfulla, Francesco (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Milano : Springer Milan : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Emergency medicine.; Critical care medicine.; Respiratory organs > Diseases.; Neurology.; Rehabilitation medicine.; Medicine & Public Health.; Pneumology/Respiratory System.; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine.; Emergency Medicine.; Rehabilitation Medicine.

Over the last two decades, the increasing use of noninvasive ventilation (NIV) has reduced the need for endotracheal ventilation, thus decreasing the rate of ventilation-induced complications. Thus, NIV has decreased both intubation rates and mortality rates in specific subsets of patients with acut...