This book uses real-world clinical case analyses of hot topics to provide insights into noninvasive mechanical ventilation (NIV).

Written by leading international teachers and experts, it features a selection of "major controversial topics in clinical practice" and demonstrates how these cases can be used to teach about NIV.  It then presents a discussion of the topics in various scenarios (anesthesiology, critical care, emergency, pneumology and sleep medicine, as well). The chapters allow readers to develop a case-by-case understanding of NIV in acute and chronic respiratory disorders, and perioperative and in intensive care patients, also thanks to Electronic Supplementary Materials. Lastly the authors summarize five key points / recommendations. This book is an attractive resource also for universities / educational seminars / national and international postgraduate courses and hot-topics sessions at national/international congresses.

Part I. CLINICAL CASES IN NONINVASIVE VENTILATION - INTERFACES, METHODOLOGY

1.      Facemask and total face mask
2. HELMET
3. Mouthpiece Ventilation
4. DISCOMFORT AND ADAPTATION IN NON INVASIVE MECHANICAL VENTILATION: MASK INTERFACE PROBLEMS
5. Discomfort and adaptation. Mask interface problems
6.  Unusual Facial Muscle Atrophy associated with Noninvasive ventilation
7.  Noninvasive Ventilation: Continuous Positive Air Pressure Ventilation (CPAP) and Pressure Support Ventilation (PSV)
8.  Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP)
9.  How Do Hybrid Pressure Ventilation Modes Respond to Patient's Varying Ventilatory Requirements? Insights from Respiratory Bench Simulations
Part II. CLINICAL CASES AND NON INVASIVE VENTILATION PHYSIOLOGY
10.   Noninvasive ventilation Extrapulmonary response determinants
11.   Noninvasive ventilation .Patterns response (apnea, hypopnea, tachypnea)
12.   LUNG MECHANICS- COMPLIANCE AND RESISTANCE-EXTRAPULMONARY RESPONSE
Part III. CLINICAL CASES AND NON INVASIVE VENTILATION PATTERN RESPONSE
13.  Early and Late Failure during Noninvasive Ventilation
14. Noninvasive ventilation. Rebreathing
15.   Bilateral Pneumothorax in neuromuscular disease associated with noninvasive ventilation and mechanical insufflation-exsufflation
16.   Early and Late Failure During Noninvasive Ventilation
Part IV. NON INVASIVE VENTILATION INTERACTION, MONITORING AND METHODOLOGY
17.  Patient ventilator asynchrony
18.   Non invasive ventilation in  Patient Ventilator Asynchrony
19.   Clinical cases in Non Invasive Ventilation  - Pressure waveform
20.   Pressure waveform. Clinical interpretation -Acute Respiratory failure in COPD
21.   Intensive Care Unit Ventiltors some aspects in noninvasive mechanical ventilation
Part V. CLINICAL CASES IN NONINVASIVE VENTILATION - NIV IN PROCEDURES APPLICATIONS
22.   Non invasive mechanical ventilation and echocardiografic procedure
23.  lung and diaphragm ultrasound for monitoring patient's ongoing non-invasive mechanical ventilation
24.   Non invasive mechanical ventilation and Bronchoscopy
25.   Clinical cases in Noninvasive Ventilation - NIV in procedures applications. Bronchoscopy
Part VI. CLINICAL CONDITIONS -ACUTE HYPOXEMIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE
26.   Noninvasive Ventilation in Hematology- Oncology Patients with acute respiratory failure
27.   Treatment of acute respiratory failure in patient with congestive heart failure and pneumonia
28. Neurally  adjusted  ventilator  (NAVA) mode
29. Non-invasive mechanical ventilation in pneumonia
30. Non invasive ventilation in High risk infections
31.   Clinical conditions -acute hypoxemic respiratory failure: Non invasive ventilation in Pneumonia
32.   Non invasive ventilation in asthma exacerbation
33.   UNUSUAL CASE OF ACUTE PULMONARY EDEMA TREATED BY NON INVASIVE VENTIATION a 30 years ago "cold case"!
34. Non-invasive mechanical ventilation in acute cardiac pulmonary edema
35. Clinical Conditions Acute Hypoxemic respiratory failure - Non invasive ventilation in Thoracic Trauma
36.   Thoracic Surgery, a clinical case in non-invasive Ventilation -Clinical conditions in the perioperative period
37.   Non-Invasive Ventilation following Thoracotomy. Clinical Case
38.   Noninvasive Ventilation in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
39.   Nasal high flow oxygen During Post-Extubation Period in a Patient with Traumatic Brain Injury
Part VII. CLINICAL CONDITIONS - SLEEP BREATHING DISORDERS
40.   Treatment-Emergent Central Sleep Apnea: Always Look for an Air Leak
41.   Non invasive ventilation in Sleep apnea syndrome
42.  Nocturnal Hypoventilation and Sleep Breathing Disorders
43.   Non invasive ventilation, nocturnal hypoventilation and sleep breathing disorders
Part VIII. CLINICAL CONDITIONS - CHRONIC HYPERCAPNIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE
44.   Noninvasive ventilation in Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - ventilating the patient with severe respiratory acidosis
45. Noninvasive ventilation in Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
46.   Non-invasive ventilation in adults with cystic fibrosis
47.  Non invasive mechanical ventilation in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a clinical case
48.   Non invasive ventilation, Pulmonary rehabilitation and chest physiotherapy - 1
49. Non invasive ventilation, Pulmonary rehabilitation and chest physiotherapy - 2
50.   Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome
51.   ELDERLY NON INVASIVE MECHANICAL VENTILATION APPLICATIONS
52.   Elderly-NIV: Non-invasive mechanical ventilation treatment in elderly patient with usual interstitial pneumonia
53.   Clinical case in Non Invasive Ventilation in End of life
54.   Non invasive ventilation in Home mechanical ventilation
55.   Comorbidities conditions impact (Renal failure/Liver failure/Neurologic) in non invasive mechanical ventilation
56.   Clinical cases in Noninvasive Ventilation - Clinical conditions - - hypercapnic failure- Neuromuscular disorders
57.   Clinical case in Noninvasive Ventilation - Clinical conditions - Respiratory care of neuromuscular disorders: a rare case of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT2S)
58.   Clinical case in Noninvasive Ventilation - Clinical conditions - hypercapnic failure- Neuromuscular disorders in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
59.   Noninvasive ventilation in Ventilatory Pump Failure: When is Oxygen Administration Deadly?
60.   Clinical case in NonInvasive  Ventilation .  Ethical aspects of the palliative use
61.   Clinical cases in Noninvasive Ventilation in Quality of life
62.   Pediatric Non-Invasive Ventilation: Non-invasive ventilation treatment in a pediatric patient with catathrenia.