Provides an overview of the various aspects of noninvasive ventilation. This book highlights the importance of pressure-support ventilation and sleep investigation in respiratory medicine. It also demonstrates the changing profile of the underlying causes of chronic and acute respiratory failure, in particular the growing burden of morbid obesity.

This second edition provides a substantial overview of the new aspects of noninvasive ventilation that have arisen over the past two decades and includes: pathophysiological indications, technology and monitoring. It is intended as an aid for medical teams that are daily confronted with acute and chronic respiratory failure. This book highlights the importance of pressure-support ventilation and sleep investigation in respiratory medicine. The book also demonstrates the changing profile of the underlying causes of chronic and acute respiratory failure, in particular the growing burden of morbid obesity - the disease of this century. In addition it presents the current issues surrounding the selection of an appropriate patient-ventilator interface.