CMS has released a final national coverage determination (NCD) for non-invasive positive pressure ventilation (NIPPV) in the home for the treatment of chronic respiratory failure consequent ...

Patients with stroke receiving invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) and tracheostomy incur intense treatment and long hospitalizations. We aimed to evaluate US hospitalization costs for patients with ...

This Seminar describes the epidemiology, natural history, and risk factors for progression of NAFLD. We highlight progress in non-invasive tests to assess liver disease severity and the importance of ...

† Guangdong Key Laboratory of Nanomedicine, CAS Key Laboratory of Health Informatics, Institute of Biomedicine and Biotechnology, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of ...

Correspondence to: B J Stenson Neonatal Unit, Simpson Centre for Reproductive Health, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH16 4SU, UK; ben.stenson{at}luht.scot.nhs.uk Aims: To describe the ...

Non-invasive ventilation is an established treatment for chronic respiratory failure due to chest wall deformity. There are few data available to inform the choice between volume and pressure ...

Abstract: Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV) has been widely used in the clinical and domestic therapy. Air leak is the unavoidable problem during NPPV. Undesirable leak may cause side ...

Rationale Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the most common indication for domiciliary non-invasive ventilation (NIV), but long-term outcomes data are limited. Objective This multistate ...

Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) improves symptoms, quality of life and survival, but previous surveys showed that few patients with MND received NIV. Methods A postal survey was conducted of the ...

Background Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) is an efficient method for treating respiratory failure in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). However, it requires a process of adaptation not ...

Heliox (helium/oxygen mixture) might be superior to oxygen as a driving gas for aerosol delivery of ß-agonists in patients with acute asthma because its lower gas density results in decreased ...